Psalm 147:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹ Praise ye the LORD; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Praise ye the LORD: For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ PRAISE THE Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious and lovely; praise is becoming and appropriate.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Common English Bible

¹ Praise the LORD! Because it is good to sing praise to our God! Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.

Psalm 147:1 Cross References

Ezra 3:12

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

Psalm 135:3

Praise ye the LORD; for the LORD is good: Sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

Psalm 33:1

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.

Psalm 42:4

These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

Psalm 92:1

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:

Psalm 92:2

To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,