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Psalm 147:1
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KJ21
Praise ye the Lord! For it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
ASV
Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
AMP
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.
AMPC
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious and lovely; praise is becoming and appropriate.
BRG
Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
CSB
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.
CSBA
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.
CEB
Praise the Lord! Because it is good to sing praise to our God! Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise!
CJB
Halleluyah! How good it is to sing praises to our God! How sweet, how fitting to praise him!
CEV
Shout praises to the Lord! Our God is kind, and it is right and good to sing praises to him.
DARBY
Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
ERV
Praise the Lord because he is good. Sing praises to our God. It is good and pleasant to praise him.
EASY
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! It is good to sing to praise our God! Yes, it is right to praise him and it makes us happy.
EHV
Praise the Lord. How good it is to make music to our God. Yes, praise is pleasant and fitting!
ESV
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
ESVUK
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
EXB
Praise the Lord! It is good to ·sing praises [make a psalm] to our God; it is pleasant and ·good [L fitting] to praise him.
GNV
1 The Prophet praiseth the bounty, wisdom, power, justice, and providence of God upon all his creatures. 2 But specially upon his Church, which he gathereth together after their dispersion, 19 Declaring his word and judgment so unto them, as he hath done to none other people. Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing unto our God: for it is a pleasant thing, and praise is comely.
GW
Hallelujah! It is good to sing psalms to our God. It is pleasant to sing ⌞his⌟ praise beautifully.
GNT
Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him.
HCSB
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.
ICB
Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praises to our God. It is good and pleasant to praise him.
ISV
Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious praise.
JUB
¶ Halelu-JAH: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for praise is pleasant and beautiful.
KJV
Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
AKJV
Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
LSB
Praise Yah! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.
LEB
Praise Yah. For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is fitting.
TLB
Hallelujah! Yes, praise the Lord! How good it is to sing his praises! How delightful, and how right!
MSG
Hallelujah! It’s a good thing to sing praise to our God; praise is beautiful, praise is fitting.
MEV
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
NOG
Hallelujah! It is good to sing psalms to our Elohim. It is pleasant to sing his praise beautifully.
NABRE
Hallelujah! How good to sing praise to our God; how pleasant to give fitting praise.
NASB
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is beautiful.
NASB1995
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.
NCB
Alleluia. How good it is to sing praises to our God; how pleasant it is to give him fitting praise.
NCV
Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praises to our God; it is good and pleasant to praise him.
NET
Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God. Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate.
NIRV
Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God! How pleasant and right it is to praise him!
NIV
Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
NIVUK
Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
NKJV
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.
NLV
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasing and praise is right.
NLT
Praise the Lord! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting!
NRSVA
Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
NRSVACE
Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
NRSVCE
Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
NRSVUE
Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God, for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
OJB
Praise ye Hashem: for it is tov to sing praises unto Eloheinu; for it is na’im (pleasant); and tehillah is fitting.
RGT
Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing to our God; for it is a pleasant thing and praise is comely.
RSV
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.
RSVCE
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.
TLV
Halleluyah! How good it is to sing praises to our God. How pleasant and fitting is praise.
VOICE
Praise the Eternal! It is good to sing praises to our God, for praise is beautiful and pleasant.
WEB
Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
WYC
Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, for the psalm is good; (let our) praising be merry, and fair to our God. (Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing to him; let our praises be joyful, and pleasing to our God.)
YLT
Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely [is] praise.
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