1Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.


In Context

1 Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

2 The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 147:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise the Lord . How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise ye the LORD; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

147:1Praise ye Jah! For it is good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely is praise.