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Psalm 147:13-20
Contemporary English Version
Psalm 147:13-20
Contemporary English Version
13 He makes your city gates strong
and blesses your people.
14 God lets you live in peace,
and he gives you
the very best wheat.
15 As soon as God speaks,
the earth obeys.
16 He covers the ground with snow
like a blanket of wool,
and he scatters frost
like ashes on the ground.
17 God sends down hailstones
like chips of rocks.
Who can stand the cold?
18 At his command the ice melts,
the wind blows,
and streams begin to flow.
19 God gave his laws and teachings
to the descendants of Jacob,
the nation of Israel.
20 But he has not given his laws
to any other nation.
Shout praises to the Lord!
Psalm 147:13-20
New International Version
Psalm 147:13-20
New International Version
13 He strengthens the bars of your gates(A)
and blesses your people(B) within you.
14 He grants peace(C) to your borders
and satisfies you(D) with the finest of wheat.(E)
15 He sends his command(F) to the earth;
his word runs(G) swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow(H) like wool
and scatters the frost(I) like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail(J) like pebbles.
Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word(K) and melts them;
he stirs up his breezes,(L) and the waters flow.
19 He has revealed his word(M) to Jacob,(N)
his laws and decrees(O) to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;(P)
they do not know(Q) his laws.[a]
Praise the Lord.(R)
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them
Psalm 147:13-20
King James Version
Psalm 147:13-20
King James Version
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
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