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It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/psalms/147-1.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/psalms/147-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/psalms/147-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/psalms/1.htm">Psalms</a> > <a href="/gntd/psalms/147.htm">Chapter 147</a> > Verse 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/146-10.htm" title="Psalm 146:10">◄</a> Psalm 147:1 {146:1} <a href="../psalms/147-2.htm" title="Psalm 147:2">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/psalms/147.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/psalms/147.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Praise the LORD! It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/147.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Praise the LORD! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/psalms/147.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Shout praises to the LORD! Our God is kind, and it is right and good to sing praises to him. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/147.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Hallelujah! How good to sing praise to our God; how pleasant to give fitting praise. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/psalms/147.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.</p><p class="hdg">for it is good</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/63-3.htm">Psalm 63:3-5</a> For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips will praise. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/92-1.htm">Psalm 92:1</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/135-3.htm">Psalm 135:3</a> Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.</p><p class="hdg">and praise</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/33-1.htm">Psalm 33:1</a> A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/122-1.htm">Psalm 122:1-4</a> A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9-14</a> 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: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1-6</a> 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. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/psalms/147.htm">It is Good to Sing Praises</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl">Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.</span><span class="reftext">2</span>The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/15-2.htm">Exodus 15:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/33-1.htm">Psalm 33:1</a></span><br />A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/92-1.htm">Psalm 92:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/135-3.htm">Psalm 135:3</a></span><br />Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/psalms/33-1.htm">Fitting</a> <a href="/psalms/145-9.htm">Good</a> <a href="/psalms/145-17.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/psalms/146-10.htm">Hallelujah</a> <a href="/psalms/146-2.htm">Melody</a> <a href="/psalms/141-6.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/psalms/135-6.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/psalms/146-10.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/psalms/146-2.htm">Praises</a> <a href="/psalms/146-2.htm">Psalms</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">Seemly</a> <a href="/psalms/146-2.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/psalms/144-9.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/146-10.htm">Yah</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/4-9.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-32.htm">Fitting</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm">Gracious</a> <a href="/psalms/147-20.htm">Hallelujah</a> <a href="/psalms/147-7.htm">Melody</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-10.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-10.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/psalms/147-7.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/psalms/147-7.htm">Praises</a> <a href="/psalms/147-7.htm">Psalms</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-10.htm">Seemly</a> <a href="/psalms/147-7.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/psalms/149-1.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/147-20.htm">Yah</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/psalms/147-1.htm">Psalm 147:1 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and becoming fitting For God good him How is it LORD our pleasant Praise praises sing the to<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/147-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 147:1 Praise Yah for it is good (Psalm Ps Psa.) 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