Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious 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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, - For it is delightful, seemly is praise!
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 Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious praise. 2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Cross References
Psalm 33:1
Rejoice in the LORD, righteous ones; for the praise of the upright is beautiful.
Psalm 135:3
Praise the LORD, because the LORD is good; Sing to his name, for he is gracious.
Psalm 92:1
It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praise to your name, Most High;
Psalm 42:4
These things I will recall as I pour out my troubles within me: I used to go with the crowd in a procession to the house of God, accompanied with shouts of joy and thanksgiving.
Psalm 63:3-5
Because your gracious love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.
Psalm 122:1-4
I rejoiced when they kept on asking me, "Let us go to the LORD's Temple."
Revelation 5:9-14
They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
Revelation 19:1-6
After these things, I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a large crowd in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God.