Psalms 147

¹ Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.

² The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

³ He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

⁴ He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.

⁵ Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

⁶ The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!

⁸ He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.

⁹ He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.

¹⁰ His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man;

¹¹ but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³ For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.

¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

¹⁶ He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

¹⁷ He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?

¹⁸ He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.

²⁰ He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!