Psalm 147:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

New Living Translation
Praise the LORD! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting!

English Standard Version
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

Berean Study Bible
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

New American Standard Bible
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is beautiful.

NASB 1995
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

NASB 1977
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

Amplified Bible
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.

Christian Standard Bible
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.

Contemporary English Version
Shout praises to the LORD! Our God is kind, and it is right and good to sing praises to him.

Good News Translation
Praise the LORD! It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Hallelujah! It is good to sing psalms to our God. It is pleasant to sing [his] praise beautifully.

International Standard Version
Hallelujah! It is good to sing praise to our God, and it is fitting to sing glorious praise.

NET Bible
Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

New King James Version
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.

King James 2000 Bible
Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is fitting.

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

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

American King James Version
Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

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

A Faithful Version
O praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God, for praise is pleasant and becoming.

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

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Prayse ye the Lorde, for it is good to sing vnto our God: for it is a pleasant thing, and praise is comely.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Prayse ye the Lorde, for it is a good thyng: sing psalmes vnto our Lorde, for it is a pleasaunt thing, his praise is to be desired.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
O prayse the LORDE, for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto or God: yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it to be thankfull.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Praise YAH! For [it is] good to praise our God, "" For pleasant—lovely [is] praise.

Young's Literal Translation
Praise ye Jah! For it is good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely is praise.

Smith's Literal Translation
Praise ye Jah: for it is good to play on the harp to our God; for it is pleasant: praise is becoming.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
It is good to sing to our God, and sweet, and praise is fitting for him.

Lamsa Bible
PRAISE the LORD; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hallelujah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.
















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