Psalms 147:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:1 : 1 Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.
  • Ps 135:3 : 3 Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;
  • Ps 122:1-4 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem. 3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together; 4 To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord.
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
  • Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise. 4 So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name. 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
  • Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation, 10 And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth. 11 And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing. 13 And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
  • Rev 19:1-6 : 1 After these things there came to my ears a sound like the voice of a great band of people in heaven, saying, Praise to the Lord; salvation and glory and power be to our God: 2 For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants. 3 And again they said, Praise to the Lord. And her smoke went up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord. 5 And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him. 6 And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 135:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.

    2 You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

    3 Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.

  • Ps 149:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints.

    2 Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.

    3 Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.

  • Ps 147:12
    81%

    12 Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion.

  • Ps 92:1
    81%

    1 <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;

  • Ps 33:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

    2 Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

  • Ps 147:7
    81%

    7 Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

  • Ps 150:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.

    2 Give him praise for his acts of power: give him praise in the measure of his great strength.

    3 Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him praise with corded instruments of music.

    4 Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments.

    5 Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass.

    6 Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.

  • Ps 146:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

    2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

  • Ps 47:6
    79%

    6 Give praises to God, make songs of praise; give praises to our King, make songs of praise.

  • Ps 148:1
    79%

    1 Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies.

  • Ps 113:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.

    2 Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this time and for ever.

  • Ps 111:1
    79%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people.

  • Ps 135:21
    78%

    21 Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.

  • Ps 117:1
    77%

    1 Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all the people give him praise.

  • Ps 116:19
    77%

    19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.

  • Ps 48:1
    77%

    1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

  • Ps 100:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 <A Psalm of Praise.> Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth.

    2 Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.

  • Ps 148:13
    76%

    13 Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.

  • Ps 98:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Let all the earth send out a glad cry to the Lord; sounding with a loud voice, and praising him with songs of joy.

    5 Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song.

  • Ps 66:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm.> Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

    2 Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

  • Ps 106:1
    76%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

  • Ps 81:1
    75%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.> Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.

  • Ps 107:31
    75%

    31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

  • Ps 105:2
    75%

    2 Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

  • Ps 147:2
    75%

    2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together.

  • Ps 112:1
    74%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

  • Ps 133:1
    74%

    1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

  • Isa 12:5
    74%

    5 Make a song to the Lord; for he has done noble things: give news of them through all the earth.

  • 1 Chr 16:9
    74%

    9 Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

  • Ps 115:18
    74%

    18 But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

  • Ps 7:17
    74%

    17 I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.

  • Ps 118:28
    74%

    28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

  • Ps 95:1
    74%

    1 O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

  • Ps 138:1
    74%

    1 <Of David.> I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

  • Ps 107:21
    74%

    21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!