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147 Praise Yah,
    for it is good to sing praises to our God;
    for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.
    He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
He heals the broken in heart,
    and binds up their wounds.
He counts the number of the stars.
    He calls them all by their names.
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.
    His understanding is infinite.
Yahweh upholds the humble.
    He brings the wicked down to the ground.
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving.
    Sing praises on the harp to our God,
who covers the sky with clouds,
    who prepares rain for the earth,
    who makes grass grow on the mountains.
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!

Praise for God’s Provision

147 Hallelujah!
    It is good to sing praise to our God,
        and it is fitting to sing glorious praise.

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem;
    he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
He heals the brokenhearted,
    binding up their injuries.
He keeps track of the number of stars,
    assigning names to all of them.
Our Lord is great,
    and rich in power;
        his understanding has no limitation.

The Lord supports the afflicted
    while he casts the wicked to the ground.

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving,
    and compose music to our God with the lyre.
He shields the heavens with clouds,
    preparing rain for the earth
        and making grass grow on the hills.
He gives wild animals their food,
    including the young ravens when they cry.
10 He takes no delight in the strength of a horse,
    and gains no pleasure in the runner’s swiftness.[a]
11 But the Lord is pleased with those who fear him,
    with those who depend on his gracious love.

12 Glorify the Lord, Jerusalem!
    Praise your God, Zion!
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates,
    blessing your children within you.
14 He grants peace within your borders,
    satisfying[b] you with the finest of wheat.

15 He sends out his command to the earth,
    making[c] his word go forth quickly.
16 He supplies snow like wool,
    scattering frost like ashes.
17 He casts down his ice crystals like bread[d] fragments.
    Who can endure his freezing cold?
18 He sends out his word
    and melts them.
He makes his wind blow
    and the water flows.

19 He declares his words to Jacob,
    his statutes and decrees to Israel.
20 He has not dealt with any other nation like this;
    they never knew[e] his decrees.

Hallelujah!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:10 Lit. the legs of a man
  2. Psalm 147:14 So MT; LXX DSS 4QPsd read borders, and satisfies
  3. Psalm 147:15 The Heb. lacks making
  4. Psalm 147:17 The Heb. lacks bread
  5. Psalm 147:20 So MT; LXX reads he did not explain to them; Syr Targ DSS 11QPsa read he has not revealed to them