Psalms 147:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.”

Psalms 147:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 147:2010 words

HebrewMeaning

לֹ֘אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

עָ֤שָׂהʿāśāh

he has doneverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

כֵ֨ןkēn

thusadvH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

לְ/כָלləkāl

for anypronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

גּ֗וֹיgwōy

nationnounH1471

heathen · nation · people

וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֥יםwmišəpāṭiym

and judgmentsconjH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

בַּלbal

notparticleH1077

neither · no · none · not ···

יְדָע֗וּ/םyədāʿwm

they have known themverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

הַֽלְלוּhaləlw

praiseverbH1984

celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···

יָֽהּyāh

YahwehnounH3050

the Lord · most vehement. Compare names in '-iah · ' '-jah.'

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 147:20

1. It is said to us, “Praise the Lord” Psalm 146:1. This is said to all nations, not to us alone. And these words, sounded forth through separate places by the Readers, each Church hears separately; but the one same Voice of God proclaims unto all, that we praise Him. And as though we asked wherefore we ought to praise the Lord, behold what reason he has brought forward: “Praise the Lord,” he says, “for a Psalm is good.” Is this all the reward of them that praise?...The…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 147 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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