Psalm 147:2
Strong's Lexicon
The LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

builds up
בּוֹנֵ֣ה (bō·w·nêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Jerusalem;
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem = 'teaching of peace' 1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split

He gathers
יְכַנֵּֽס׃ (yə·ḵan·nês)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3664: 1) to gather, collect, wrap 1a) (Qal) to gather 1b) (Piel) to gather 1c) (Hithpael) to gather together, wrap oneself up

the exiles
נִדְחֵ֖י (niḏ·ḥê)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1760: 1) to push, thrust, chase, overflow, totter, sore, drive away or out, be outcast, be cast down 1a) (Qal) to push, push violently 1b) (Niphal) to be thrust down, be cast down 1c) (Pual) to be thrust down

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; He gathers Israel’s exiled people.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

King James Bible
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.

New Living Translation
The LORD is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the exiles back to Israel.

English Standard Version
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

King James Bible
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; He gathers Israel's exiled people.

International Standard Version
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

NET Bible
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.

American Standard Version
Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

English Revised Version
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
Building Jerusalem is Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
















Cross References
John 7:35
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

Deuteronomy 30:3
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

Psalm 51:18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 69:35
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Psalm 102:16
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

Psalm 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

Psalm 122:3
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 56:8
The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

Ezekiel 39:28
Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

Micah 4:6
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
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