Psalms 147:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Praise the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is fitting.

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  • Ps 33:1 : 1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, for praise is fitting for the upright.
  • Ps 135:3 : 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant.
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High:
  • Ps 122:1-4 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together: 4 Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within 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 a feast.
  • Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. 4 Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:
  • Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth. 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, 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 who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever. 14 Then the four living creatures said, Amen. And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.
  • Rev 19:1-6 : 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of a multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, to the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Hallelujah. And her smoke rose up forever and ever. 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you His servants, and you 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, Hallelujah: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 135:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1 Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, O you servants of the LORD.

    2 You who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,

    3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant.

  • Ps 149:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1 Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the assembly of saints.

    2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

    3 Let them praise his name with the dance: let them sing praises to him with the tambourine and harp.

  • Ps 147:12
    81%

    12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.

  • Ps 92:1
    81%

    1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High:

  • Ps 33:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, for praise is fitting for the upright.

    2 Praise the LORD with the harp; sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

  • Ps 147:7
    81%

    7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp to our God:

  • Ps 150:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

    1 Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the expanse of his power.

    2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness.

    3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with the lute and harp.

    4 Praise him with the tambourine and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes.

    5 Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals.

    6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

  • Ps 146:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

    2 While I live, I will praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

  • Ps 47:6
    79%

    6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.

  • Ps 148:1
    79%

    1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights.

  • Ps 113:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Praise the LORD. Praise, O you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

    2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.

  • Ps 111:1
    79%

    1 Praise the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

  • Ps 135:21
    78%

    21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.

  • Ps 117:1
    77%

    1 O praise the LORD, all you nations; praise him, all you people.

  • Ps 116:19
    77%

    19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.

  • Ps 48:1
    77%

    1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.

  • Ps 100:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all you lands.

    2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

  • Ps 148:13
    76%

    13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven.

  • Ps 98:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

    5 Sing to the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the sound of a psalm.

  • Ps 66:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all you lands:

    2 Sing forth the honor of his name; make his praise glorious.

  • Ps 106:1
    76%

    1 Praise the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever.

  • Ps 81:1
    75%

    1 Sing aloud to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

  • Ps 107:31
    75%

    31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

  • Ps 105:2
    75%

    2 Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk of all his wondrous works.

  • Ps 147:2
    75%

    2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

  • Ps 112:1
    74%

    1 Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

  • Ps 133:1
    74%

    1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

  • Isa 12:5
    74%

    5 Sing unto the LORD; for he has done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.

  • 1 Chr 16:9
    74%

    9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk about all his wondrous works.

  • Ps 115:18
    74%

    18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD.

  • Ps 7:17
    74%

    17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

  • Ps 118:28
    74%

    28 You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You.

  • Ps 95:1
    74%

    1 O come, let us sing to the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

  • Ps 138:1
    74%

    1 I will praise You with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praise to You.

  • Ps 107:21
    74%

    21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!