Psalm 147

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Psalm 147

God Restores Jerusalem

¹Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.^(A)

²The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem;^(B)
he gathers Israel’s exiled people.^(C)
³He heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds.^(D)
⁴He counts the number of the stars;
he gives names to all of them.^(E)
⁵Our Lord is great, vast in power;
his understanding is infinite.^[a]^(F)
⁶The Lord helps the oppressed
but brings the wicked to the ground.^(G)

⁷Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
play the lyre to our God,^(H)
⁸who covers the sky with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
and causes grass to grow on the hills.^(I)
⁹He provides the animals with their food,
and the young ravens what they cry for.^(J)

¹⁰He is not impressed by the strength of a horse;
he does not value the power of a warrior.^[b]^(K)
¹¹The Lord values those who fear him,
those who put their hope in his faithful love.^(L)

¹²Exalt the Lord, Jerusalem;
praise your God, Zion!^(M)
¹³For he strengthens the bars of your city gates
and blesses your children within you.^(N)
¹⁴He endows your territory with prosperity;^[c]^(O)
he satisfies you with the finest wheat.^(P)

¹⁵He sends his command throughout the earth;
his word runs swiftly.^(Q)
¹⁶He spreads snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes;^(R)
¹⁷he throws his hailstones like crumbs.
Who can withstand his cold?^(S)
¹⁸He sends his word and melts them;
he unleashes his winds,^[d] and the water flows.^(T)

¹⁹He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and judgments to Israel.^(U)
²⁰He has not done this for every nation;
they do not know his judgments.^(V)
Hallelujah!

Footnotes

147:5 Lit understanding has no number
147:10 Lit the legs of the man
147:14 Or peace
147:18 Or breath

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

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Giving the Firstfruits

26 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance,^(A) and you take possession of it and live in it, ²take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you and put it in a basket. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have his name dwell.^(B) ³When you come before the priest who is serving at that time, say to him, ‘Today I declare to the Lord your^[a] God that I have entered the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.’

⁴“Then the priest will take the basket from you and place it before the altar of the Lord your God. ⁵You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:

My father was a wandering Aramean.^(C) He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien.^(D) There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation. ⁶But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, and forced us to do hard labor. ⁷So we called out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our cry and saw our misery, hardship, and oppression.^(E) ⁸Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders. ⁹He led us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.^(F) ¹⁰I have now brought the first of the land’s produce that you, Lord, have given me.

You will then place the container before the Lord your God and bow down to him. ¹¹You, the Levites, and the resident aliens among you will rejoice^(G) in all the good things the Lord your God has given you and your household.

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26:3 LXX reads my

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