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Psalms 147

It Is Good to Sing Praises

1Praise Yah! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, praise is fitting.
2The LORD builds Jerusalem; the outcasts of Israel he gathers.
3He heals the broken of heart, and binds up their wounds.
4He counts the number of the stars; to all of them he calls names.
5Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; to his understanding there is no number.
6The LORD upholds the humble; he brings the wicked down to the earth.
7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with the harp;
8who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes the mountains sprout grass.
9He gives to the beast its food, to the sons of the raven that cry.
10He delights not in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man^a.
11The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who wait for his lovingkindness.
12Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your sons within you.
14He who makes your border peace; with the fat of wheat he satisfies you.
15He sends his saying to the earth; his word runs very swiftly.
16He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
17He casts his ice like morsels; before his cold who can stand?
18He sends his word and melts them; he makes his wind^b blow, the waters flow.
19He declares his words to Jacob, his statutes^c and his judgments^d to Israel.
20He has not done so for any nation; and judgments, they have not known them. Praise Yah.