Tehillim 147:12

12 Praise Hashem, O Yerushalayim; praise thy G-d, O Tziyon.

Tehillim 147:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 147:12

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem
The inhabitants of it, as Kimchi; not Jerusalem in a literal sense, for this respects future time, as Aben Ezra; the world to come, the times of the Messiah: and intends the spiritual Jerusalem, as Arama; that which is free, the mother of us all; the Gospel church, and the members of it; which have great reason to praise the Lord, for their special blessings and peculiar privileges; see ( Galatians 4:26 Galatians 4:27 ) ( Hebrews 12:22 Hebrews 12:23 ) ; praise thy God, O Zion;
not the house and family of David, as R. Obadiah; nor the priests and Levites in the temple, as others; but the same as before, the church and people of God; the Mount Zion God has loved and chose for his habitation; the city of our solemnities in Gospel times; the perfection of beauty and joy of the whole earth; whose God and King is Christ; and whom Zion and all her children should praise, being her incarnate God, Immanuel, God manifest in the flesh. With this verse, the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, begin the psalm.

Tehillim 147:12 In-Context

10 He delighteth not in the gevurat hasus: He taketh not pleasure in the shokayim of an ish (legs of a man).

11 Hashem taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His chesed.

12 Praise Hashem, O Yerushalayim; praise thy G-d, O Tziyon.

13 For He hath strengthened the bars of thy she’arim (gates); He hath blessed thy banim within thee.

14 He granteth shalom within thy borders, and filleth thee with the chelev chittim (the finest of wheat).