• Psalm 147

  • 1 Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
  • 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
  • 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
  • 4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
  • 5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
  • 6 The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
  • 7 Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
  • 8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
  • 9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
  • 10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
  • 11 the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
  • 12 Extol the Lord, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.
  • 13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
  • 14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
  • 15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
  • 16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
  • 17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
  • 18 He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
  • 19 He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
  • 20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the Lord.