Psalms 147:12

Praise. — For this verb, properly stroke, or soothe, see Psalms 63:5.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ... - In addition to this general praise in which all may unite, there are special reasons why Jerusalem and its inh...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1-11 and Psalms 147:12-20 . Psalms 147:1-11 . An invitation to prais...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Praise the LORD. Not the same word as in Psalms 147:1 . Used only by David and Solomon. Zion. See App-68. Zion then still standing.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Celebrate Jehovah, O Jerusalem! Having spoken in general of the mercies of God, he again addresses his discourse to the Lord’s people, w...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 748 TEMPORAL MERCIES A GROUND OF PRAISE [Note: Thanksgiving Sermon for Peace, written January 18, 1816. It is not to be supposed that th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates. The walls...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the anima...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 147:1-20 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah ( Psalms 147:1 , Psalms 147:7 , Psalms 147:12 ) divide this psalm into three parts, the tw...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Peace and Prosperity Psalms 147:12-20 From Psalms 147:12 on there is a more personal address to Jerusalem and Zion. The thee and thou jus...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

New and increasing claims are upon Zion, for renewed instances of divine favor. And, Reader! this is your case, and mine. Every day, nay every moment...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ,.... The inhabitants of it, as Kimchi; not Jerusalem in a literal sense, for this respects future time, as Aben Ezra;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. Ver. 12. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ] Whatever the world doth, let not the Church defrau...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, O Zion O holy city, O holy hill. For where should praise be offered to God, if not there where his altar is? And wher...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jerusalem and Zion Called to Praise to God; God's Favour to Israel. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It cel...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we r...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 147:1 . Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise y...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 147:1 . Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. «It is good,» that is t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several other...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 147:1 . Praise ye the LORD: This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude w...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS....
The Biblical Illustrator

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Crowning Christ in city life Some time ago, in one of the reviews, a writer gave a picture of the London of the f...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall ( Nehemiah 12:27-16 ), when the gate-towers had been...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hallelujah to the God of Zion. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, H...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion, the summons going out to the entire congregation of Jehovah.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 12:6 ; Isaiah 52:7 ; Joel 2:23 ; Psalms 135:19-21 ; Psalms 146:10 ; Psalms 149:2

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 147:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 147:12