Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.
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.
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.
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!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.
He gathers Israel’s exiled people.
Cross References
Psalm 33:1
Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;
praise from the upright is beautiful.
Psalm 135:3
Praise Yahweh, for Yahweh is good;
sing praise to His name, for it is delightful.
Psalm 92:1
A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,
Psalm 42:4
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.
Psalm 63:3-5
because Your faithful love is better than life.
Psalm 122:1-4
A Davidic song of ascents.
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Revelation 5:9-14
And they sang a new song:
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.
Revelation 19:1-6
After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying:
Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,