the First Sunday of Lent
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Psalms 147:13
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For he strengthens the bars of your city gatesand blesses your children within you.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.
He makes your city gates strong and blesses your children inside.
For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.
For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.
For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons among you.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
For he hath made the barres of thy gates strong, and hath blessed thy children within thee.
For He strengthened the bars of your gates;He blessed your sons within you.
For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
He makes your city gates strong and blesses your people by giving them children.
For he strengthens the bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you,
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;
He makes your gates strong, and he blesses the people in your city.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
He keeps your gates strong; he blesses your people.
for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you;
For He has made strong the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you.
For he maketh fast ye barres of yi gates, & blesseth yi childre within ye.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.
For He hath made strong the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
For hee hath strengthened the barres of thy gates: hee hath blessed thy children within thee.
For he maketh fast the barres of thy gates: he blesseth thy children within thee.
For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
For he hath coumfortid the lockis of thi yatis; he hath blessid thi sones in thee.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons inside you.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates and blessed your children within your walls.
For He has made your gates strong. He has made good come to your children within you.
For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:
(147-2) Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee.
For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.
For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he hath: Psalms 48:11-14, Psalms 51:18, Psalms 125:2, Nehemiah 3:1-16, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 7:1, Nehemiah 12:30, Lamentations 2:8, Lamentations 2:9, Lamentations 4:12, Daniel 9:25
blessed: Psalms 115:14, Psalms 115:15, Psalms 128:3-6, Psalms 144:12, Isaiah 44:3-5, Jeremiah 30:19, Jeremiah 30:20, Zechariah 8:3-5, Luke 19:42-44
Reciprocal: Psalms 69:35 - God Jeremiah 51:30 - her bars Nahum 3:13 - thy bars
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates,.... Of Jerusalem, of Zion the church of God. Gates are for the letting in of persons into the city of our God; which are Christ, faith in him, and a profession of it; see Isaiah 26:1, "bars" are for the security of those that, are in it, and to keep out the enemy: and these, "strengthened", denote the utmost safety of the true members of Christ and his church; who have nothing to fear from their spiritual enemies, sin, law, Satan, the world, death, and hell: God is on their side; Christ is the munition of rocks unto them the Holy Spirit is in them, who is greater than he that is in the world; and angels are guards about them; all which is matter of praise, and a sufficient reason for it;
he hath blessed thy children within thee; multiplied them and made them fruitful, increased the number of them; even the spiritual children of the church, brought forth to Christ by her; born in her, through the ministry of the Gospel; and brought up by her, with the ordinances of it. These in the first times of the Gospel were very numerous, and will be so again in the latter day, like the drops of the morning dew; and are and will be blessed with all spiritual blessings, with pardoning, justifying, adopting, and sanctifying grace, and with eternal life; for which the Lord's name is to be praised.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates - He has made thee safe and secure - as if he had given additional strength to the fastenings of the gates of the city. Cities were surrounded by walls. They were entered through gates. Those gates were fastened by bars passed across them, to which the gates were secured. The language here might be applicable to any period, but it is probable that there is particular reference to Jerusalem as made strong in rebuilding it after the return from Babylon.
He hath blessed thy children within thee - The inhabitants, by giving them safety and peace.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 147:13. He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates — He has enabled thee to complete the walls of Jerusalem. From the former part of the Psalm it appears the walls were then in progress; from this part, they appear to be completed, and provisions to be brought into the city, to support its inhabitants. The gates were set up and well secured by bars, so that the grain, &c., was in safety.
