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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 147:7

Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving— Hebrew, Answer to the Lord in praise. "Sing alternately;" which may fairly be supposed to be the sense intended by the prophet, as it was the ancient practice to sing alternately. The precentor beginning with the voice, it was usual for the instruments to follow to the same tune and key. See Fenwick, and particularly Bishop Lowth's 19th Prelection.

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See also Psalms 147:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 147:7. _SING UNTO THE LORD_] ענו _enu_, sing a responsive song, sing in parts, answer one another....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SING UNTO THE LORD WITH THANKSGIVING - Accompany the praise of God - the expression of worship - with a grateful remembrance of the past. The one will aid the other, and the two will constitute accept...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1 and Psalms 147:12. PSALMS 147:1. An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness to Israel. Observe how...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _sing_praise] Make melody unto our God with harp, as Psalms 98:5 _a_....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A renewed call to praise Jehovah for His beneficence, and to recognise the conditions of His favour....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 746 THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD Psalms 147:5. _Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 147 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise for the Restoration of Jerusalem and for Israel's Preeminence: with Grateful Recognition of Rain and of Spring. ANALYSIS After the Repetition and Expansion of th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: SING UNTO THE LORD WITH THANKSGIVING - literally, 'answer;' i:e., 'sing ye responsively' () (DeBurgh). Rather, 'respond...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    147:7 psalms (h-7) See Psalms 30:12 ; Psalms 47:6 ; Psalms 138:1 . Sing (i-1) As Numbers 21:17 . Lit. 'Respond,' as...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SING PRAISE] better, 'make melody.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD’S LOVE AND *POWER PSALMS 147 THE 2ND *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "If God makes the grass green (so that it looks right), how much more will

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SING. — Literally, _answer,_ which some think suggests an antiphonal arrangement. Though the strophic arrangement is only loosely marked, the psalm takes a new departure here, with a fresh invocation...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֱנ֣וּ לַ יהוָ֣ה בְּ תֹודָ֑ה זַמְּר֖וּ לֵ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 147:1 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah (Psalms 147:1, Psalms 147:7, Psalms 147:12) divide this psalm into three parts, the two fo

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      WHY WE PRAISE THE LORD Psalms 147:1-11 It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed in the days of Nehemiah. It contains a further enumer...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 18. _Wind. "Spirit." The blessed Trinity (St. Jerome) grants compunction. (Berthier) --- By preaching and grace conversions are wrought._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I do not think it needful to go over the several things here mentioned. If Jesus doth thus order, arrange, direct, and bless his church, and take delight in those that hope in his mercy; what can be m...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._Sing to Jehovah in thanksgiving _Again he exhorts to sing the praises of God, intimating at the same time that abundant matter was not wanting, since new proofs still meet our eyes of his power, go...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 147 the saints take their place now in Jerusalem and Zion to say what He is. He is their God; He builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the outcasts of Israel, healing the broken in heart...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SING UNTO THE LORD WITH THANKSGIVING,.... These are the words of the psalmist unto the Israelites, according to Aben Ezra and Kimchi; but may be an exhortation to all men, especially good men; who are...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Ver. 7. _Sing unto the Lord_] Heb. answer, that is, sing by turns, as Hos 2:15 Deuteronomy 31:21. Or, answer God's goodne...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving_ Hebrew, ענו ליהוה בתודה, literally, _answer to the Lord in praise._ “Sing alternately,” which may fairly be supposed to be the sense intended by the psalmist, as...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, in giving all honor to His almighty power and mercy; SING PRAISE UPON THE HARP, or "zither," UNTO OUR GOD;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF ZION. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 147:7 Sing H6030 (H8798) LORD H3068 thanksgiving H8426 praises H2167 (H8761) harp H3658 God H430...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:7 We might almost assert that this Psalm was composed in spring. Spring, as Eastern travellers tell us, comes with a suddenness and beauty in that bare land of Palestine that we can hardly...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1. _Praise y...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant;_ Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise ye the Lord.» «It is good: «it is right, it is accepta...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD:_ This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude with Hallelujah! Psalms 147:1. For it is good to sing...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely._ «It is good,» that is to say, it is a thing that ought to be done, it is a r...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several others do, with «Hallelujah.» Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A call to praise God. The greatness and condescending goodness of the Lord celebrated. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is comely it becomes us as reasonable creatures on account of God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for all th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Praise ye the Lord._ GENUINE WORSHIP: - I. The transcendent excellence of true worship (verse 1). 1. It is good. (1) It accords with the constitution of the human soul. (2) It accords with the D...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:1. Here the praise is focused on gratitude for some great work of “building up Jerusalem” (or rebuilding it after the exile), and for the Creator who sustains his creati...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:7 The next section moves from God’s universal provision (RAIN, so that all animals have FOOD) to his special care for his faithful....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His pe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall (Nehemiah 12:27-16), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places (see Ps...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Praise ye the LORD [or hallelujah]: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; it's pleasant; praise is comely [or desirable, beautiful]. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the ou...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 15:20; Exodus 15:21; Psalms 107:21; Psalms 107:22; Psalms 47:6

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