147:1 Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
147:4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
147:5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
147:6 The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
147:7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.
147:8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
147:9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
147:10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;
147:11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
147:12 Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,
147:13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
147:14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
147:15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
147:16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
147:17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
147:18 He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
147:19 He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
147:20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD.
147:1 Hallelujah! / For it is good to sing psalms to our God; / For it is pleasant; praise is fitting.
147:2 Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; / He gathers the outcasts of Israel.
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted / And binds up their wounds.
147:4 He counts the number of the stars; / He calls them all by their names.
147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; / His understanding is infinite.
147:6 Jehovah uplifts the lowly; / He brings the wicked down to the ground.
147:7 Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; / Sing psalms to our God with the lyre;
147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, / Who prepares rain for the earth, / Who causes grass to grow on the mountains,
147:9 Who gives to the beast its food, / And to the young ravens who cry.
147:10 He takes no delight in the strength of horses; / Nor pleasure in the legs of man.
147:11 Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, / In those who hope in His lovingkindness.
147:12 Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; / Praise your God, O Zion;
147:13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; / He has blessed your children within you.
147:14 He makes peace in your borders; / He satisfies you with the finest wheat.
147:15 He sends forth His command to the earth; / His word runs very swiftly.
147:16 He gives snow like wool; / He scatters frost like ashes;
147:17 He casts His hail like crumbs ? / Who can stand before His cold?
147:18 He sends forth His word and melts them; / He causes His wind to blow; the waters flow.
147:19 He declares His word to Jacob, / His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
147:20 He has not dealt so with any other nation; / And as for His ordinances, they have not known them. / Hallelujah!