Psalms 147

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.	1 Hallelujah! How good to celebrate our God in song; how sweet to give fitting praise.
2 Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:	2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers the dispersed of Israel,
3 in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.	3 Heals the brokenhearted, binds up their wounds,
4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.	4 Numbers all the stars, calls each of them by name.
5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:	5 Great is our Lord, vast in power, with wisdom beyond measure.
6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.	6 The LORD sustains the poor, but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:	7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; with the lyre celebrate our God,
8 the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.	8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains,
9 The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.	9 Who gives animals their food and ravens what they cry for.
10 The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.	10 God takes no delight in the strength of horses, no pleasure in the runner's stride.
	11 Rather the LORD takes pleasure in the devout, those who await his faithful care.
	12 Glorify the LORD, Jerusalem; Zion, offer praise to your God,
	13 Who has strengthened the bars of your gates, blessed your children within you,
	14 Brought peace to your borders, and filled you with finest wheat.
	15 The LORD sends a command to earth; his word runs swiftly!
	16 Thus snow is spread like wool, frost is scattered like ash,
	17 Hail is dispersed like crumbs; before such cold the waters freeze.
	18 Again he sends his word and they melt; the wind is unleashed and the waters flow.
	19 The LORD also proclaims his word to Jacob, decrees and laws to Israel.
	20 God has not done this for other nations; of such laws they know nothing. Hallelujah!