Psalms 147 · Verse 12

Psalms 147:12

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
Psalms 147:12, King James Version

Psalms 147:12 in other translations

BSBExalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
WEBPraise the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
ASVPraise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.
YLTGlorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
DARBYLaud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
BBEGive praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.
WebsterPraise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

What does Psalms 147:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 147:12-20
The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these are represented by his favours in the course of nature. The thawing word may represent the gospel of Christ, and the thawing wind the Spirit of Christ; for the Spirit is compared to the wind, Joh 3:8. Converting grace softens the heart that was hard frozen, and melts it into tears of repentance, and makes good reflections to flow, which before were chilled and stopped up. The change which the thaw makes is very evident, yet how it is done no one can say. Such is the change wrought in the conversion of a soul, when God's word and Spirit are sent to melt it and restore it to itself.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 147:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שַׁבְּחִ֣יsha.be.ChiextolH7623
יְ֭רוּשָׁלִַםYe.ru.sha.limO JerusalemH3389
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הַֽלְלִ֖יha.LipraiseH1984
אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhGod yourH430
צִיּֽוֹן\׃tzi.YonO ZionH6726

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 147:12

  • Joel 2:23

    Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

  • Isaiah 12:6

    Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  • Isaiah 52:7

    How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

  • Psalms 146:10

    The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms 135:19-21

    Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron: Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms 149:2

    Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
praise thy God.
135:19-21; 146:10; 149:2; Isa 12:6; 52:7; Joe 2:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 147:11

    The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

  • Psalms 147:12

    Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

  • Psalms 147:13

    For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

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Psalms 147:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Alaba á Jehová, Jerusalem; alaba á tu Dios, Sión.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jérusalem, célèbre l’ Éternel! Sion, loue ton Dieu!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Rühme, Jerusalem, Jehova! lobe, Zion, deinen Gott!