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Psalms Chapter 147

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Psalms

147
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In this chapter the psalmist praises God for his love and mercy, describing how He watches over the righteous and protects them from danger. The passage also highlights God's covenant faithfulness, his willingness to deliver his people and to keep his promises.

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(1) Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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Psalms 63:3Psalms 63:4Psalms 63:5Psalms 92:1Psalms 135:3Psalms 33:1Psalms 42:4Psalms 122:1Psalms 122:2Psalms 122:3Psalms 122:4Revelation 5:9

Related verses (shared words)

Psalms 47:6Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1Psalms 135:3

(2) The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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Psalms 51:18Psalms 102:13Psalms 102:14Psalms 102:15Psalms 102:16Nehemiah 3:1Nehemiah 3:2Nehemiah 3:3Nehemiah 3:4Nehemiah 3:5Nehemiah 3:6Nehemiah 3:7

(3) He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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Psalms 51:17Job 5:18Isaiah 57:15Isaiah 61:1Jeremiah 33:6Hosea 6:1Hosea 6:2Malachi 4:2Luke 4:18Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 1:6

Related verses (shared words)

Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9

(4) He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
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Psalms 8:3Psalms 148:3Genesis 15:5Isaiah 40:26

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Numbers 3:40Isaiah 40:26Revelation 13:18

(5) Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
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Psalms 48:1Psalms 96:4Psalms 99:2Psalms 135:5Psalms 145:3I Chronicles 16:25Jeremiah 10:6Jeremiah 32:17Jeremiah 32:18Jeremiah 32:19Nahum 1:3Revelation 15:3

(6) The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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Psalms 25:9Psalms 37:11Psalms 145:14Psalms 146:8Psalms 146:9Psalms 149:4I Samuel 2:8Zephaniah 2:3Matthew 5:5James 4:10I Peter 3:4I Peter 5:6

(7) Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
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Psalms 47:6Psalms 47:7Psalms 68:32Psalms 92:1Psalms 92:2Psalms 92:3Psalms 95:1Psalms 95:2Psalms 107:21Psalms 107:22Exodus 15:20Exodus 15:21

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Psalms 47:6Judges 5:3Psalms 104:33Psalms 33:2Psalms 71:22Psalms 98:5

(8) Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
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Psalms 135:1Genesis 9:14I Kings 18:44I Kings 18:45Job 26:8Job 26:9Job 36:27Job 36:28Job 36:29Job 36:30Job 36:31Job 36:32

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Zechariah 10:1Joel 2:23Deuteronomy 32:2II Samuel 23:4I Peter 1:24Deuteronomy 11:14

(9) He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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Psalms 104:27Psalms 104:28Psalms 136:25Psalms 145:15Psalms 145:16Job 38:41Matthew 6:26Luke 12:24

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Revelation 4:7Leviticus 24:18Revelation 13:4Revelation 13:15Genesis 41:48Job 38:41

(10) He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
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Psalms 20:7Psalms 33:16Psalms 33:17Psalms 33:18Job 39:19Job 39:20Job 39:21Job 39:22Job 39:23Job 39:24Job 39:25Proverbs 21:31

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Esther 6:9

(11) The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Psalms 35:27Psalms 149:4Proverbs 11:20Proverbs 31:30Isaiah 62:4Zephaniah 3:17Malachi 3:16Malachi 3:17I Peter 3:4Psalms 33:18Psalms 33:22I Peter 1:13

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Romans 8:24James 2:13I Corinthians 9:10

(12) Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
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Psalms 135:19Psalms 135:20Psalms 135:21Psalms 146:10Psalms 149:2Isaiah 12:6Isaiah 52:7Joel 2:23

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1II Chronicles 20:21Psalms 7:17

(13) For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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Psalms 48:11Psalms 48:12Psalms 48:13Psalms 48:14Psalms 51:18Psalms 125:2Nehemiah 3:1Nehemiah 3:2Nehemiah 3:3Nehemiah 3:4Nehemiah 3:5Nehemiah 3:6

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Revelation 21:13Ezekiel 44:17Nehemiah 13:19

(14) He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
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Psalms 29:11Psalms 122:6Leviticus 26:6I Chronicles 22:9Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7Isaiah 60:17Isaiah 60:18Isaiah 66:12Zechariah 9:8Psalms 132:11Deuteronomy 8:7

(15) He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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Psalms 33:9Psalms 107:20Psalms 107:25Job 34:29Job 37:12Jonah 1:4Matthew 8:8Matthew 8:9Matthew 8:13Psalms 68:11II Thessalonians 3:1

Related verses (shared words)

Numbers 9:23I John 2:7

(16) He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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Psalms 148:8Job 37:6Isaiah 55:10Job 37:9Job 37:10Job 38:29

(17) He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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Psalms 78:47Psalms 78:48Exodus 9:23Exodus 9:24Exodus 9:25Joshua 10:11Job 38:22Job 38:23Job 38:29Job 38:30

(18) He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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Psalms 147:15Job 6:16Job 6:17Job 37:10Job 37:17

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Genesis 1:6Exodus 15:10Joshua 3:13Isaiah 48:21Jeremiah 10:13Jeremiah 51:16

(19) He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
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Psalms 76:1Psalms 78:5Psalms 103:7Deuteronomy 33:2Deuteronomy 33:3Deuteronomy 33:4Malachi 4:4Romans 3:2Romans 9:4II Timothy 3:15II Timothy 3:16II Timothy 3:17

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Ezekiel 5:6Ezekiel 5:7

(20) He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 4:32Deuteronomy 4:33Deuteronomy 4:34Proverbs 29:18Isaiah 5:1Isaiah 5:2Isaiah 5:3Isaiah 5:4Isaiah 5:5Isaiah 5:6Isaiah 5:7Matthew 21:33

Related verses (shared words)

Jeremiah 5:15Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1

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