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Psalm 147:1

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

1Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
2The LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
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Notice

The words “pleasant and fitting” describe praise as a delight and a right response to God, even when singing feels unfamiliar.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 92:1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High,Both passages call singing praise to the LORD good, giving song a place in the worship of God.
Psalm 107:8Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!Both passages urge praise to the LORD, with Psalm 107 naming his loving kindness and wonderful deeds as reasons.
Psalm 135:3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.Both passages describe singing praise as pleasant, while Psalm 135 also states that the LORD is good.
Psalm 54:6With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.Both passages address praise or thanks to the LORD and connect that response with goodness.
Deuteronomy 12:12You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your …Both passages describe glad worship directed to the LORD, through singing in the psalm and rejoicing in Deuteronomy.
Revelation 5:9–14They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every …Psalm 147 urges songs of praise; Revelation records a song praising the one who bought people for God.
Revelation 19:1–6After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;Both passages voice praise to God, with Revelation's multitude acclaiming his salvation, power, and glory.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. an ordinary day.

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One step

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Encouragement

The God praised here gathers outcasts and tends broken hearts in the next lines. Songs of praise have room for people with wounds.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).