Psalm 147

1 Hallelujah!It is good to sing psalms to our God.It is pleasant to sing his praise beautifully.2 The Lord is the builder of Jerusalem.He is the one who gathers the outcasts of Israel together.3 He is the healer of the brokenhearted.He is the one who bandages their wounds.4 He determines the number of stars.He gives each one a name.5 Our Lord is great, and his power is great.There is no limit to his understanding.6 The Lord gives relief to those who are oppressed.He brings wicked people down to the ground.7 Sing to the Lord a song of thanksgiving.Make music to our God with a lyre.8 He covers the sky with clouds.He provides rain for the ground.He makes grass grow on the mountains.9 He is the one who gives food to animalsand to young ravens when they call out.10 He finds no joy in strong horses,nor is he pleased by brave soldiers.11 The Lord is pleased with those who fear him,with those who wait with hope for his mercy.12 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!Praise your God, Zion!13 He makes the bars across your gates strong.He blesses the children within you.14 He is the one who brings peace to your bordersand satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.15 He is the one who sends his promise throughout the earth.His word travels with great speed.16 He is the one who sends snow like wooland scatters frost like ashes.17 He is the one who throws his hailstones like breadcrumbs.Who can withstand his chilling blast?18 He sends out his word and melts his hailstones.He makes wind blow and water flow.19 He speaks his word to Jacob,his laws and judicial decisions to Israel.20 He has done nothing like this for any other nation.The other nations do not know the decisions he has handed down.Hallelujah!

Psalm 147

1 Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

2 Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

4 He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

6 Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

7 Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,

8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

9 He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.

12 Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold?

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.