Psalm 147

¹ Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

²The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.

⁴He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.

⁶The Lord lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!

⁸He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.

⁹He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.

¹⁰His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

¹¹but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.

¹²Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!

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

¹⁴He makes peace in your borders;
he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

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

¹⁶He gives snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes.

¹⁷He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?

¹⁸He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.

¹⁹He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and rules to Israel.

²⁰He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.
Praise the Lord!

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