Psalm 147

Modern English Version

For it is good to sing praises unto our God;
    for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

² The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
    He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
³ He heals the broken in heart,
    and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He counts the number of the stars;
    He calls them all by their names.
⁵ Great is our Lord and great in power;
    His understanding is without measure.
⁶ The Lord lifts up the meek;
    He casts the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving;
    sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
⁸ who covers the heaven with clouds,
    who provides rain for the earth,
    who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
⁹ He gives food to the animals
    and to the young ravens that chirp.

¹⁰ He delights not in the strength of the horse,
    nor does He take pleasure in the legs of a man,
¹¹ but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
    in those who hope in His mercy.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem;
    praise your God, O Zion.

¹³ For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
    He has blessed your children within you.
¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders,
    and fills you with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends forth His commandment on the earth;
    His word goes out swiftly.
¹⁶ He gives snow like wool;
    He scatters the frost like ashes;
¹⁷ He casts forth His ice like morsels;
    who can stand before His cold?
¹⁸ He sends out His word and melts them;
    He causes His wind to blow and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He shows His word to Jacob,
    and His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
²⁰ He has not dealt so with any other nation;
    they have not known His judgments.

Praise the Lord!