OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 147:2

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The LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

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Verse 2. or Hebrew Psalm 147. Verse 13. Within thee. Jerusalem was better fortified than ( Bible.) other cities. But the Church is built upon a rock, and enriched with many graces, while heaven is free from all danger, and its inhabitants secure. Worthington.—Nehemias re-peopled the city, which he had surrounded with walls, ( Calmet.) despising the sarcasms of his enemies. 2 Ezra 7:4.

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LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.

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