Psalms 147:13

13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

Psalms 147:13 in Other Translations

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.

13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates and blessed your children within your walls.

13 He made your city secure, he blessed your children among you.

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

13 He makes the bars across your gates strong. He blesses the children within you.

13 For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your children within you.

13 He makes the bars of your gates stronger. He blesses the people who live inside you.

Psalms 147:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 147:13

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 Isaiah 26:2 ) , "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.

Psalms 147:13 In-Context

11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

12 Extol the LORD, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.

13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 33:25
• 2. S Leviticus 25:21; Psalms 128:5; Psalms 134:3