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13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
    he blesses your sons within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders;
    he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends forth his command to the earth;
    his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool;
    he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casts forth his ice like morsels;
    who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends forth his word, and melts them;
    he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
    his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the Lord!

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them