Psalms 147:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ כִּי־ט֭וֹב זַמְּרָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־נָ֝עִים נָאוָ֥ה תְהִלָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Halelu yāh for tōwb zammerāh ʾĕlōhênū for nāʿîm nāʾwāh tehillāh

Grammar Details

• *Halelu*: imperative, plural - praise/celebrate
• *yāh*: shortened form of divine name YHWH
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *tōwb*: adjective, masculine singular - good/pleasant
• *zammerāh*: noun, feminine singular - music/singing/praise
• *ʾĕlōhênū*: noun with 1st person plural possessive suffix - our God
• *nāʿîm*: adjective, masculine singular - pleasant/delightful
• *nāʾwāh*: adjective, feminine singular - fitting/becoming/appropriate
• *tehillāh*: noun, feminine singular - praise/song of praise

Word Meanings

• *Halelu yāh*: Praise the LORD/Praise Yah/Hallelujah
• *tōwb*: good/pleasant/beneficial/appropriate
• *zammerāh*: psalm/music/melody/singing
• *nāʿîm*: pleasant/sweet/delightful/agreeable
• *nāʾwāh*: fitting/becoming/beautiful/appropriate
• *tehillāh*: praise/adoration/song of praise

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:1 : 1 ¶ Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.
• Ps 135:3 : 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his name; for [it is] pleasant.
• Ps 92:1 : 1 ¶ A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
• Ps 122:1-4 : 1 ¶ A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
• Ps 63:3-5 : 3 ¶ Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
• Rev 19:1-6 : 1 ¶ And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 5 ¶ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.