Psalm 147

World English Bible

147 Praise Yah,
    for it is good to sing praises to our God;
    for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
² Yahweh 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 mighty in power.
    His understanding is infinite.
⁶ Yahweh upholds the humble.
    He brings the wicked down to the ground.
⁷ Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving.
    Sing praises on the harp to our God,
⁸ who covers the sky with clouds,
    who prepares rain for the earth,
    who makes grass grow on the mountains.
⁹ He provides food for the livestock,
    and for the young ravens when they call.
¹⁰ He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse.
    He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹ Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who hope in his loving kindness.
¹² Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem!
    Praise your God, 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.
    He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
¹⁵ He sends out his commandment to the earth.
    His word runs very swiftly.
¹⁶ He gives snow like wool,
    and scatters frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
    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,
    his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
²⁰ He has not done this for just any nation.
    They don’t know his ordinances.
Praise Yah!