Psalms 147 · Verse 13

Psalms 147:13

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Psalms 147:13, King James Version

Psalms 147:13 in other translations

BSBFor He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
WEBFor he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
ASVFor he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
YLTFor He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
DARBYFor he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;
BBEHe has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.
WebsterFor he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

What does Psalms 147:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. strengthened ... gates--or, means of defense against invaders,

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates - He has enabled thee to complete the walls of Jerusalem. From the former part of the Psalm it appears the walls were then to progress; from this part, they appear to be completed, and provisions to be brought into the city, to support its inhabitants. The gates were set up and well secured by bars, so that the grain, etc., was in safety.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Psalms 147:13 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חִ֭זַּקChi.zakhe has strengthenedH2388
בְּרִיחֵ֣יbe.ri.Chei[the] bars ofH1280
שְׁעָרָ֑יִךְshe.'a.Ra.yikhgates yourH8179
בֵּרַ֖ךְbe.Rakhhe has blessedH1288
בָּנַ֣יִךְba.Na.yikhchildren yourH1121
בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ\׃be.kir.Bekhin midst yourH7130

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Cross references for Psalms 147:13

  • Psalms 128:3-6

    Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

  • Isaiah 44:3-5

    For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

  • Psalms 115:14-15

    The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

  • Jeremiah 30:19-20

    And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

  • Psalms 144:12

    That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

  • Psalms 125:2

    As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

  • Nehemiah 12:30

    And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

  • Lamentations 2:8-9

    The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

  • Zechariah 8:3-5

    Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

  • Nehemiah 3:1-16

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. …

  • Psalms 48:11-14

    Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

  • Nehemiah 6:1

    Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he hath.
48:11-14; 51:18; 125:2; Ne 3:1-16; 6:1; 7:1; 12:30; La 2:8,9; 4:12
Da 9:25
blessed.
115:14,15; 128:3-6; 144:12; Isa 44:3-5; Jer 30:19,20; Zec 8:3-5
Lu 19:42-44

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 147:14

    He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

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Psalms 147:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque fortificó los cerrojos de tus puertas; bendijo á tus hijos dentro de ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car il rend fortes les barres de tes portes; il bénit tes fils au milieu de toi;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn er hat befestigt die Riegel deiner Tore, hat deine Kinder gesegnet in deiner Mitte;