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Psalms 147:2

147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

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Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. wounds: Heb. griefs

What does Psalms 147:2 mean?

Psalms 147:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), בָּנָה (bânâh), יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim).

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The
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
doth
build
upבָּנָהbânâh/baw-naw'/H1129to build (literally and figuratively)
Jerusalem:יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim/yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im/H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
he
gathereth
togetherכָּנַסkânaç/kaw-nas'/H3664to collect; hence, to enfold
the
outcastsדָּחָהdâchâh/daw-khaw'/H1760to push down
of
Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 147:2.

Exodus 24:4

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

2 Chronicles 8:6

And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. all that: Heb. all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build

Exodus 16:12

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

Exodus 16:3

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Exodus 34:23

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Judges 20:18

And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

Leviticus 23:34

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

Nehemiah 2:20

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

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What does Psalms 147:2 say?

Psalms 147:2 (King James Version) reads: "The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel."

Is Psalms 147:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 147:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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