Psalms 147:13
What meaning of the psalms 147:13 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 147:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee."
What does Psalms 147:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee."
Verse Psalms 147:13. _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 in progre...
FOR HE HATH STRENGTHENED THE BARS OF THY GATES - He has made thee safe and secure - as if he had given additional strength to the fastenings of the gates of the city. Cities were surrounded by walls....
PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...
CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1 and Psalms 147:12. PSALMS 147:1. An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness to Israel. Observe ho...
CHILDREN. sons....
Zion is summoned to praise Jehovah for the blessings of peace and prosperity. The Lord of Nature is He Who has endowed Israel with unique privileges....
DISCOURSE: 748 TEMPORAL MERCIES A GROUND OF PRAISE [Note: Thanksgiving Sermon for Peace, written January 18, 1816. It is not to be supposed that the same circumstances will ever occur again; and there...
PSALMS 147 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise for the Restoration of Jerusalem and for Israel's Preeminence: with Grateful Recognition of Rain and of Spring. ANALYSIS After the Repetition and Expansion of th...
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. PRAISE THE LORD, O JERUSALEM. FOR HE HATH STRENGTHENED THE BARS OF THY GATES. The walls of Jerusalem had just been built, and the gates set up...
A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD’S LOVE AND *POWER PSALMS 147 THE 2ND *HALLELUJAH PSALM JESUS SAID, "IF GOD MAKES THE GRASS GREEN (SO THAT IT LOOKS RIGHT), HOW MUCH MORE WILL HE PUT (CLOTHE...
FOR HE HATH STRENGTHENED. — An allusion to the new fortifications of the restored city is probable, though the expression is plainly figurative of security and peace. With the second clause comp. Isa...
כִּֽי ־חִ֭זַּק בְּרִיחֵ֣י שְׁעָרָ֑יִךְ בֵּרַ֖ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ בְּ קִרְבֵּֽךְ׃...
Psalms 147:1 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah (Psalms 147:1, Psalms 147:7, Psalms 147:12) divide this psalm into three parts, the two former of which are closely connected, inasmuch as the first...
PEACE AND PROSPERITY Psalms 147:12-20 From Psalms 147:12 on there is a more personal address to Jerusalem and Zion. The _thee_ and _thou_ justify the application of the psalm to the spiritual con...
In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)....
For he hath (i) strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. (i) He not only furnishes his Church with all that is necessary but preserves also the same, and makes it...
New and increasing claims are upon Zion, for renewed instances of divine favor. And, Reader! this is your case, and mine. Every day, nay every moment, Jesus visits his people, Isaiah 27:3. And how are...
In Psalms 147 the saints take their place now in Jerusalem and Zion to say what He is. He is their God; He builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the outcasts of Israel, healing the broken in heart...
FOR HE HATH STRENGTHENED THE BARS OF THY GATES,.... Of Jerusalem, of Zion the church of God. Gates are for the letting in of persons into the city of our God; which are Christ, faith in him, and a pro...
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. Ver. 13. _For he hath strengthened the bars, &c._] So that the gates of hell shall not prevail against them....
_For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates_ Thy strength consists not in thy walls, and gates, and bars, but in his protection. They had walls and gates, and kept their gates barred in time of da...
HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF ZION. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation....
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...
Thy strength consists not in thy walls, and gates, and bars, but in his protection....
Psalms 147:13 strengthened H2388 (H8765) bars H1280 gates H8179 blessed H1288 (H8765) children H1121 within H7130 he hath - Psalms 48:11-14, Psalms 51:18, Psalms 125:2; Nehemiah 3:1-16,...
This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1. _Praise y...
CONTENTS: A call to praise God. The greatness and condescending goodness of the Lord celebrated. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is comely it becomes us as reasonable creatures on account of God...
This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for all t...
_He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates._ PIETY EXULTING IN DIVINE GOODNESS I. In the general prosperity of society. He recognizes the good hand of God-- 1. In the rebuilding of the city (verse...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:1. Here the praise is focused on gratitude for some great work of “building up Jerusalem” (or rebuilding it after the exile), and for the Creator who sustains his creati...
INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His pe...
EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall (Nehemiah 12:27-16), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places (see Ps...
Praise ye the LORD [or hallelujah]: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; it's pleasant; praise is comely [or desirable, beautiful]. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the ou...
Daniel 9:25; Isaiah 44:3; Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 30:20; Lamentations 2:8; Lamentations 2:9; Lamentations 4:12; Luke 19:42; Nehemiah 12:30;...
Thy gates — Thy strength consists not in thy walls, and gates, and bars, but in his protection....