Psalms 147:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!

📖 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 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the LORD! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.
• 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 A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High!
• Ps 122:1-4 : 1 A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me,“We will go to the LORD’s temple.” 2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. 4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the LORD.
• Ps 42:4 : 4 I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.
• Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. 4 For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation. 10 You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand– thousands times thousands– 12 all of whom were singing in a loud voice:“Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!” 13 Then I heard every creature– in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them– singing:“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!” 14 And the four living creatures were saying“Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.
• Rev 19:1-6 : 1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!” 3 Then a second time the crowd shouted,“Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying:“Amen! Hallelujah!” 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying:“Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear him, both the small and the great!” 6 The Wedding Celebration of the Lamb Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting:“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!