Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, - For it is delightful, seemly is praise!
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Holman Bible
Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.
International Standard Version
Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious praise.
A Conservative Version
Praise ye LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely.
American Standard Version
Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
Amplified
For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;
Praise is becoming and appropriate.
Bible in Basic English
Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.
Darby Translation
Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
Julia Smith Translation
Praise ye Jah: for it is good to play on the harp to our God; for it is pleasant: praise is becoming.
King James 2000
Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is fitting.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Praise Yah. For [it is] good to sing praises [to] our God; for [it is] pleasant; praise is fitting.
Modern King James verseion
Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and becoming.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Praise the Everlasting} Praise ye the LORD, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing is it to be thankful.
NET Bible
Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!
New Heart English Bible
Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
Webster
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
World English Bible
Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Praise ye Jah! For it is good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely is praise.
Themes
required Expression » Different forms of religious expression required » Praise
Hallelujah » An, exclamatory expression of praise or adoration
Topics
Interlinear
Halal
Towb
'elohiym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 147:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Providence
1 Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, - For it is delightful, seemly is praise! 2 Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together.
Cross References
Psalm 33:1
Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise.
Psalm 135:3
Praise ye Yah, For good is Yahweh, Sing praises to his Name, For it is full of delight;
Psalm 92:1
It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, And to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High;
Psalm 42:4
These things, I keep calling to mind, and pouring out, over me, my own soul, For I used to cross over with a crowd, Lead them in procession up to the house of God, With the voice of shouting and praise. - a throng keeping festival.
Psalm 63:3-5
Because better is thy lovingkindness than life, My lips, aloud shall praise thee!
Psalm 122:1-4
I was glad, when they were saying unto me, Unto the house of Yahweh, let us go!
Revelation 5:9-14
and they sing a new song, saying - Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood men out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
Revelation 19:1-6
After these things, I heard as it were, a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying - Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the power of our God!