Psalm 147:1 {146:1}
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Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.

for it is good

Psalm 63:3-5 For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips will praise. . . .

Psalm 92:1 A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day. [2] It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

Psalm 135:3 Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.

and praise

Psalm 33:1 A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.

Psalm 42:4 These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.

Psalm 122:1-4 A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord. . . .

Revelation 5:9-14 And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation: . . .

Revelation 19:1-6 After these things, I heard as it were the voice of much people in heaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation and glory and power is to our God. . . .

Context
It is Good to Sing Praises
1Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.2The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.…
Cross References
Exodus 15:2
The Lord is my strength and my praise, and he is become salvation to me: he is my God, and I will glorify him: the God of my father, and I will exalt him.

Psalm 33:1
A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.

Psalm 92:1
A psalm of a canticle on the sabbath day. [2] It is good to give praise to the Lord: and to sing to thy name, O most High.

Psalm 135:3
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.

Lexicon
Hallelujah!
הַ֥לְלוּ (hal·lū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1984: To shine

How
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

good [it is]
ט֭וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

to sing praises
זַמְּרָ֣ה (zam·mə·rāh)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music

to our God,
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

praise
תְהִלָּֽה׃ (ṯə·hil·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8416: Praise, song of praise

is pleasant
נָ֝עִים (nā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5273: Pleasant, delightful

and lovely.
נָאוָ֥ה (nā·wāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5000: Suitable, beautiful


Additional Translations
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.

Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

Praise ye the LORD; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Praise ye Jah! For it is good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely is praise.
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