Psalm 147

English Standard Version

He Heals the Brokenhearted

147 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
For ^(B)it is good to sing praises to our God;
    for ^(C)it is pleasant,^[a] and ^(D)a song of praise is fitting.
²The Lord ^(E)builds up Jerusalem;
    he ^(F)gathers the outcasts of Israel.
³He heals ^(G)the brokenhearted
    and ^(H)binds up their wounds.
⁴He ^(I)determines the number of the stars;
    he ^(J)gives to all of them their names.
⁵^(K)Great is our Lord, and ^(L)abundant in power;
    ^(M)his understanding is beyond measure.
⁶The Lord ^(N)lifts up the humble;^[b]
    he casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷^(O)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
    make melody to our God on ^(P)the lyre!
⁸He covers the heavens with clouds;
    he prepares ^(Q)rain for the earth;
    he makes ^(R)grass grow on the hills.
⁹He ^(S)gives to the beasts their food,
    and to ^(T)the young ravens that cry.
¹⁰His delight is not in ^(U)the strength of the horse,
    nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
¹¹but the Lord ^(V)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who ^(W)hope in his steadfast love.

¹²Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
    Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³For he strengthens ^(X)the bars of your gates;
    he blesses your children within you.
¹⁴He ^(Y)makes peace in your borders;
    he ^(Z)fills you with the ^(AA)finest of the wheat.
¹⁵He ^(AB)sends out his command to the earth;
    his word runs swiftly.
¹⁶He gives ^(AC)snow like wool;
    he scatters ^(AD)frost like ashes.
¹⁷He hurls down his crystals of ^(AE)ice like crumbs;
    who can stand before his ^(AF)cold?
¹⁸He ^(AG)sends out his word, and melts them;
    he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
¹⁹He declares his word to Jacob,
    his ^(AH)statutes and rules^[c] to Israel.
²⁰He ^(AI)has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his rules.^[d]
^(AJ)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 147:1 Or for he is beautiful
Psalm 147:6 Or afflicted
Psalm 147:19 Or and just decrees
Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees

Luke 23:50-24:12

English Standard Version

Jesus Is Buried

⁵⁰^(A)Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, ⁵¹who had not consented to their decision and action; and he ^(B)was looking for the kingdom of God. ⁵²This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵³Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and ^(C)laid him in a tomb cut in stone, ^(D)where no one had ever yet been laid. ⁵⁴It was the day of ^(E)Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.^[a] ⁵⁵^(F)The women ^(G)who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. ⁵⁶Then they returned and ^(H)prepared spices and ointments.

On the Sabbath they rested ^(I)according to the commandment.

The Resurrection

24 ^(J)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, ^(K)taking the spices they had prepared. ²And they found ^(L)the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(M)two ^(N)men stood by them in dazzling apparel. ⁵And as they were ^(O)frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? ⁶He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, ^(P)while he was still in Galilee, ⁷^(Q)that the Son of Man ^(R)must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and ^(S)be crucified and on ^(T)the third day rise.” ⁸And ^(U)they remembered his words, ⁹and returning from the tomb they ^(V)told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰Now it was ^(W)Mary Magdalene and ^(X)Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, ¹¹but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and ^(Y)they did not believe them. ¹²But ^(Z)Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw ^(AA)the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.