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12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

Psalms 147:12

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  • How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

  • Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

  • Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

  • Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-20)

Jerusalem, and Zion, the holy city, the holy hill, are here called upon to praise God , Ps. 147:12. For where should praise be offered up to God but where his altar is? Where may we expect that glory should be given to him but in the beauty of holiness? Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem praise the Lord in their own houses; let the priests and Levites, who attend in Zion, the city of their solemniti…

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