Psalm 147:12-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 He grants peace[a] within your borders;
he fills you with the finest of wheat.(A)
15 He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.(B)
16 He gives snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes.(C)
17 He hurls down hail like crumbs—
who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word and melts them;
he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.(D)
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and ordinances to Israel.(E)
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the Lord!(F)
Footnotes
- 147.14 Or prosperity
Psalm 147:12-20
The Voice
12 O Jerusalem, praise the Eternal!
O Zion, praise your God!
13 For His divine power reinforces your city gates,
blesses your children in the womb.
14 He establishes peace within your borders,
fills your markets with hearty golden wheat.
15 His command ripples across the earth;
His word runs out on swift feet.
16 He blankets the earth in wooly snow,
scattering frost like ashes over the land.
17 He throws down hail like stones falling from a mountain.
Can any withstand His wintry blast?
18 But He dispatches His word, and the thaw begins;
at His command, the spring winds blow, gently stirring the waters back to life.
19 He brings Jacob in on His plan, declaring His word—
His statutes and His teachings to Israel.
20 He has not treated any other nation in such a way;
they live unaware of His commands.
Praise the Eternal!
Psalm 147:12-20
Complete Jewish Bible
12 Glorify Adonai, Yerushalayim!
Praise your God, Tziyon!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates,
he blesses your children within you,
14 he brings peace within your borders,
he gives you your fill of the finest wheat.
15 He sends his word out over the earth,
his command runs swiftly.
16 Thus he gives snow like wool,
scatters hoarfrost like ashes,
17 sends crystals of ice like crumbs of bread —
who can withstand such cold?
18 Then he sends his word out and melts them;
he makes the winds blow, and the water flows.
19 He reveals his words to Ya‘akov,
his laws and rulings to Isra’el.
20 He has not done this for other nations;
they do not know his rulings.
Halleluyah!
Psalm 147:12-20
New King James Version
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
14 (A)He makes peace in your borders,
And (B)fills you with [a]the finest wheat.
15 (C)He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
16 (D)He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
17 He casts out His hail like [b]morsels;
Who can stand before His cold?
18 (E)He sends out His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 (F)He declares His word to Jacob,
(G)His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 (H)He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.
[c]Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:14 Lit. fat of wheat
- Psalm 147:17 fragments of food
- Psalm 147:20 Heb. Hallelujah
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