Psalms - Chapter 147 | English Standard Version

  • 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.
  • 2. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
  • 3. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
  • 4. He 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.
  • 6. The 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!
  • 8. He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
  • 9. He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
  • 10. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
  • 11. but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
  • 12. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
  • 13. For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.
  • 14. He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
  • 15. He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
  • 16. He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
  • 17. He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?
  • 18. He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
  • 19. He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
  • 20. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the LORD!
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