Psalms 147

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Al eluia! Praise Yahweh -- it is good to sing psalms to our God -- how pleasant to praise him.	1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
2 Yahweh, Builder of Jerusalem! He gathers together the exiles of Israel,	2 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
3 healing the broken-hearted and binding up their wounds;	3 He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
4 he counts out the number of the stars, and gives each one of them a name.	4 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
5 Our Lord is great, al -powerful, his wisdom beyond al telling.	5 He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
6 Yahweh sustains the poor, and humbles 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 Yahweh in thanksgiving, play the harp for 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 He veils the sky with clouds, and provides the earth with rain, makes grass grow on the hills andplants for people to use,	8 He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
9 gives fodder to cattle and to young ravens when they cry.	9 He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
10 He takes no delight in the power of horses, no pleasure in human sturdiness;
11 his pleasure is in those who fear him, in those who hope in his faithful love.
12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem, Zion, praise your God.
13 For he gives strength to the bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you,
14 he maintains the peace of your frontiers, gives you your fil of finest wheat.
15 He sends his word to the earth, his command runs quickly,
16 he spreads the snow like flax, strews hoarfrost like ashes,
17 he sends ice-crystals like breadcrumbs, and who can withstand that cold?
18 When he sends his word it thaws them, when he makes his wind blow, the waters are unstopped.
19 He reveals his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgements to Israel.
20 For no other nation has he done this, no other has known his judgements.