Psalms 147

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Hallelujah! How good to celebrate our God in song; how sweet to give fitting praise.	1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers the dispersed of Israel,	2 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
3 Heals the brokenhearted, binds up their wounds,	3 He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
4 Numbers all the stars, calls each of them by name.	4 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
5 Great is our Lord, vast in power, with wisdom beyond measure.	5 He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
6 The LORD sustains the poor, but casts the wicked to the ground.	6 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; with the lyre celebrate 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 covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains,	8 He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
9 Who gives animals their food and ravens what they cry for.	9 He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
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!