Psalms 147:1

PSALM CXLVII

The psalmist praises God for his goodness to Jerusalem, 1-3;

shows his great mercy to them that trust in him, 4-6;

he extols him for his mercies, and providential kindness, 7-11;

for his defence of Jerusalem, 12-15;

For his wonders in the seasons, 16-18;

and his word unto Jacob, 19, 20.

NOTES ON PSALM CXLVII

This Psalm, which is without title in the Hebrew, Chaldee, and Vulgate, is attributed by the other Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. It was probably penned after the captivity, when the Jews were busily employed in rebuilding Jerusalem, as may be gathered from the second and thirteenth verses. It may be necessary to remark that all the Versions, except the Chaldee, divide this Psalm at the end of the eleventh verse, and begin a new Psalm at the twelfth. By this division the numbers of the Psalms agree in the Versions with the Hebrew; the former having been, till now, one behind.

Verse Psalms 147:1. Praise is comely.] It is decent, befitting, and proper that every intelligent creature should acknowledge the Supreme Being: and as he does nothing but good to the children of men, so they should speak good of his name.