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Psalm 147[a]

God’s Word Restores Jerusalem

Hallelujah!

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How good to sing praise to our God;
    how pleasant to give fitting praise.(A)
The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem,
    and gathers the dispersed of Israel,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147 The hymn is divided into three sections by the calls to praise in Ps 147:1, 7, 12. The first section praises the powerful creator who restores exiled Judah (Ps 147:1–6); the second section, the creator who provides food to animals and human beings; the third and climactic section exhorts the holy city to recognize it has been re-created and made the place of disclosure for God’s word, a word as life-giving as water.

Healing the brokenhearted,
    and binding up their wounds.(A)
He numbers the stars,
    and gives to all of them their names.(B)

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Great is our Lord, vast in power,
    with wisdom beyond measure.(A)
The Lord gives aid to the poor,
    but casts the wicked to the ground.(B)

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