Psalms 147:1
Praise ye Jehovah, for it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
Psalms 147:2
Jehovah builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Psalms 147:3
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Psalms 147:4
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by names.
Psalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Psalms 147:6
Jehovah upholds the meek. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms 147:7
Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving. Sing praises upon the harp to our God,
Psalms 147:8
who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
Psalms 147:9
He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Psalms 147:10
He does not delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Psalms 147:11
Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Psalms 147:12
Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem. Praise thy God, O Zion.
Psalms 147:13
For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates. He has blessed thy sons within thee.
Psalms 147:14
He makes peace in thy borders. He fills thee with the finest of the wheat.
Psalms 147:15
He sends out his commandment upon earth. His word runs very swiftly.
Psalms 147:16
He gives snow like wool. He scatters the hoar-frost like ashes.
Psalms 147:17
He casts forth his ice like morsels. Who can stand before his cold?
Psalms 147:18
He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Psalms 147:19
He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
Psalms 147:20
He has not dealt so with any nation. And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.