“For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 147 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.