Psalms 147

Treated in 24 passages across the library.

  • 147:11 What pleases the LORD is people who revere him and look with hope to his loyal love. 5
  • 147:3 He heals those whose hearts are crushed and bandages their injuries. 4
  • 147:5 Our Lord is great and mighty in power; there is no measuring his understanding. 3
  • 147:20 No other nation has he treated this way; his rulings are unknown to them. Praise the LORD! 3
  • 147:14 He keeps your frontiers at peace and satisfies you with the richest wheat. 2
  • 147:1 Praise the LORD! It is good to make music for our God; it is a delight, and praise is fitting. 1
  • 147:7 Sing out to the LORD with thanks; make music for our God on the lyre, 1
  • 147:9 who gives the beasts their food and feeds the raven's chicks when they call. 1
  • 147:10 It is not the power of the horse that delights him, nor a soldier's strong legs that please him. 1
  • 147:15 He issues his orders to the earth, and his word goes out at a run. 1
  • 147:16 He sends snow that lies like wool and strews frost like ash. 1
  • 147:18 He sends his word, and the ice thaws; he sets his wind blowing, and the waters run. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    December cites Psa 147:1

    …22 PRAISING THE LORD “Praise ye the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto our God.”— Psa 147:1. IT IS a comely and befitting thing for us to blend praise and prayer. There is a…

  2. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Ps. 147:5

    …16. "With God All Things are Possible."—Matt. 19:26. "His Understanding is Infinite."—Ps. 147:5. We are to consider again to-day the Christian conception of God. We saw a week ago…

  3. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    The Infinite God cites PSALM 147:5

    Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. PSALM 147:5 Tozer once told his congregation that the sermon he was about to preach would make a…

  4. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Frost and Thaw cites Psalm 147:15

    …does the Scripture say: “He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.” — Psalm 147:15 (ESV) Forth went the word, “Open the storehouses of snow,” and the flakes descended in…

  5. Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of C. S. Lewis cites Psalm 147:3

    …to the grieving. “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3, KJV). 3. A Promise Is Worth Keeping At eighteen, Lewis promised a friend that he would…

  6. Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 22 — When Parents Split Up cites Psalm 147:3

    “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3 (BSB) Maybe you saw it coming: months of shouting, or months of a silence that was worse.…

  7. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    What If I Hurt Myself? cites Psalm 147:3

    …in spirit” (Psalm 34:18). He “heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3). He doesn’t stand back from wounds. He binds them up. Jesus said, “Come to Me, all you…

  8. The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans · Ochorus Originals

    The Key in My Hand cites PSALM 147:3

    …which he had never grieved. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. PSALM 147:3 The key What is the remedy? Evans respects good counselling and has used many Christian…

  9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Knowledge of God cites Psa 147:5

    …God know?’ Psa 10:11: ‘God has forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.’ But, Psa 147:5, ‘His understanding is infinite:’ He has a window to look into men’s breasts; he has a…

  10. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Providence of God cites Psa 147:7

    …Providence feeds the young raven, when the dam forsakes it, and will give it no food. Psa 147:7. Providence reaches to the very hairs of our head. ‘The hairs of your head are all…

  11. Mighty Power in Prayer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Ravens' Cry cites Psalm 147:9

    “He gives to the beasthis food, and to the young ravens which cry.” Psalm 147:9. I SHALL open this sermon with a quotation. I must give you, in Caryl's own words his…

  12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites Ps. 147:10

    …man. The Lord taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy,” (Ps. 147:10, 11). “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth…

  13. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Ps. cxlvii. 11

    …sings to his church, “A vineyard of red wine: I the Lord do keep it,” Isa. xxvii. 2, 3; Ps. cxlvii. 11, cxlix. 4. There is rest and complacency in his love. There is in the Hebrew but a…

  14. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Psa 147: 11

    …‘The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.’ Psa 147: 11. He counts it his glory to scatter pardons among men. But I have been a great sinner and…

  15. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The Best Friend cites Ps. cxlvii. 11

    …"He taketh pleasure in His people," and that "He taketh pleasure in them that fear Him." (Ps. cxlvii. 11; cxlix. 4.) There is no love on earth that can be named together with this! We love those…

  16. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spring in the Heart cites Psalm 147:11

    …“The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love” (Psalm 147:11). Even a small beginning of fear or hope delights Him. “You will perfect the thing that…

  17. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    October cites Ps. 147:11

    …AMEN. October 31 GIVING GOD PLEASURE “The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him.”—Ps. 147:11. GOD TAKES pleasure in our faith. “Without faith it is impossible to please Him”; but…

  18. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.1 The First Commandment cites Psa 147: 14

    …11. With outward peace, which is the nurse of plenty. ‘He maketh peace in thy borders.’ Psa 147: 14. With inward peace, a smiling conscience, which is sweeter than the dropping of honey.…

  19. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Peace cites Psa 147:14

    …plenty. ‘He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.’ Psa 147:14. How pleasant it is when the waters of blood begin to assuage, and we can see the windows…

  20. Talks to the Farmer (For Teens) · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Frost and Thaw cites Psalm 147:16–18

    …He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.” — Psalm 147:16–18 (ESV) Think about how strange frost is. One cold night and the whole world goes hard and…

  21. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.2 Repentance cites Psa 147: 18

    …Zech 12: 10. Beg God’s ‘Holy Spirit.’ ‘He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.’ Psa 147: 18. When the wind of God’s Spirit blows upon us, then the waters of repentant tears will…

  22. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Psa 147: 20

    …has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgements they have not known them.’ Psa 147: 20. ‘Thou gavest them true laws, good statutes and commandments.’ Neh 9: 13. What a strange…

  23. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Scriptures cites Psa 147:20

    …has committed to us the sacred Scriptures, The heathen are enveloped in ignorance. Psa 147:20. ‘As for his judgements they have not known them.’ They have the oracles of the Sibyls…

  24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 21 — Of the Eternal Election, by Which God Has Predestinated Some to Salvation, and Others to Destruction cites Ps. 147:20

    …has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them,” (Ps. 147:20). But I had good reason for saying that two steps are here to be observed; for in the…