Psalms 147

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Hallelujah! How good to celebrate our God in song; how sweet to give fitting praise.	1 Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.
2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers the dispersed of Israel,	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:
3 Heals the brokenhearted, binds up their wounds,	3 in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
4 Numbers all the stars, calls each of them by name.	4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.
5 Great is our Lord, vast in power, with wisdom beyond measure.	5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 The LORD sustains the poor, but casts the wicked to the ground.	6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; with the lyre celebrate our God,	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:
8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains,	8 the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
9 Who gives animals their food and ravens what they cry for.	9 The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
10 God takes no delight in the strength of horses, no pleasure in the runner's stride.	10 The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.
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!