147:1 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious and lovely; praise is becoming and appropriate.
147:2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering together the exiles of Israel.
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [curing their pains and their sorrows].
147:4 He determines and counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.
147:5 Great is our Lord and of great power; His understanding is inexhaustible and boundless.
147:6 The Lord lifts up the humble and downtrodden; He casts the wicked down to the ground.
147:7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises with the harp or the lyre to our God!—
147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
147:9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens that for which they cry.
147:10 He delights not in the strength of the horse, nor does He take pleasure in the legs of a man.
147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.
147:12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
147:13 For He has strengthened and made hard the bars of your gates, and He has blessed your children within you.
147:14 He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
147:15 He sends forth His commandment to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.
147:16 He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
147:17 He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?
147:18 He sends out His word, and melts [ice and snow]; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
147:19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
147:20 He has not dealt so with any [other] nation; they have not known (understood, appreciated, given heed to, and cherished) His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
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