Psalms 147:2

The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

doth build up Jerusalem. is Jerusalem's builder (participle). No reference to post-exilic building. Compare Psalms 122:3.

gathereth. will gather.

outcasts. the driven away.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 147:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language woul...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD doth build up (b) Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. (b) Because the Lord is the founder of the Church, it cannot be...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Jehovah building up, etc. He begins with the special mercy of God towards his Church and people, in choosing to adopt one nation out of...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. The Lord doth build up - The psalmist appears to see the walls rising...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem. The city was built up by Ne...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Build up ] i.e. rebuild, after the captivity.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Build up — i.e., of course, “rebuild.” The word “outcasts,” which is that used in Isaiah 11:12 ; Isaiah 56:8 , shows that the rebuilding after th...
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

Why We Praise the Lord Psalms 147:1-11 It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed...
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

I consider this subject spiritually. For the building of Jerusalem is peculiarly the office of Christ. When the Lord promises to lift up an ensign to...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S BUILDING ‘The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem ,.... Literally, after the Babylonish captivity, according to some; or rather when taken from the Jebusites by Davi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. Ver. 2. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem ] He is the only architec...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Praise the Lord, for it is good It is acceptable to God, and greatly beneficial and productive of comfort to ourselves. It is pleasant, and praise...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Call to Praise God; Reasons for Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD : for...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Build up Jerusalem; it is the Lord's own doing, and not man s. The outcasts; or, the banished , who were carried captives out of their own land,...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 147:2-5 The text reveals the constructive side of Divine government: I. As shown in the building up of the Church. That He should do so sh...
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 ye the Lord. Genuine worship: - I. The transcendent excellence of true worship (verse 1). 1. It is good. (1) It accords with the c...
The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem. The greatness and gentleness of God The text reveals the constructive side of the Divine government. I. As...
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

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; as He built the earthly Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah, so He builds the spiritual Jerusalem, His holy congregat...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:25 ; Deuteronomy 30:3 ; Ephesians 2:12-19 ; Ezekiel 36:24-38 ; Ezekiel 37:21-28 ; Ezekiel 38:8 ; Ezekiel 39:27 ; Ezekiel 39:28 ; Ez...

² The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 147:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Sermon Bible 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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