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Psalm 147 - New International Version, 2011 bible

Psalm 147

¹Praise the LORD. [229] How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

²The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

⁴He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

⁵Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

⁶The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

⁸He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.

⁹He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.

¹⁰His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

¹¹the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

¹²Extol the LORD, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.

¹³He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

¹⁴He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

¹⁵He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

¹⁶He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

¹⁷He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?

¹⁸He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

¹⁹He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.

²⁰He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. [230] Praise the LORD.