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Selected Verse: Psalms 147:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 147:2 |
King James |
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Psa 107:3; Isa 11:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem - He builds up the walls; he restores the city; he has caused the temple to be reconstructed. This language would be applicable to a return from the captivity. There may be an allusion here to the language in Psa 102:16 : "When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory." See the notes at that passage. What is there spoken of as what would be in the future is here spoken of as accomplished, and as a ground of praise.
He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel - Those who have been exiled from their native land, and who have been scattered as outcasts in a foreign country. This is appropriate language to use on the supposition that the psalm was composed after the return from the exile, for it is in such language that that return was predicted by the prophets. Isa 11:12 : "and he shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah," etc. Isa 56:8 : "the Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel," etc. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Lord doth build up - The psalmist appears to see the walls rising under his eye, because the outcasts of Israel, those who had been in captivity, are now gathered together to do the work. |
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.
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
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.
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.
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.