Psalms 147

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.	1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.	2 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.	3 He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.	4 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.	5 He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.	6 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:	7 He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.	8 He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.	9 He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.