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Psalm 147

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Psalm 1479

147:1Praise the Lord,

for it is good to sing praises to our God!

Yes,1 praise is pleasant and appropriate!

147:2The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem,2

and gathers the exiles of Israel.

147:3He heals3 the brokenhearted,

and bandages their wounds.

147:4He counts the number of the stars;

he names all of them.

147:5Our Lord is great and has awesome power;4

there is no limit to his wisdom.5

147:6The Lord lifts up the oppressed,

but knocks6 the wicked to the ground.

147:7Offer to the Lord a song of thanks!7

Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

147:8He covers8 the sky with clouds,

provides the earth with rain,

and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.9

147:9He gives food to the animals,

and to the young ravens when they chirp.10

147:10He is not enamored with the strength of a horse,

nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.11

147:11The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers,12

and in those who wait for his loyal love.

147:12Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

147:13For he makes the bars of your gates strong.

He blesses your children13 within you.

147:14He14 brings peace to your territory.15

He abundantly provides for you16 the best grain.

147:15He17 sends his command through the earth;18

swiftly his order reaches its destination.19

147:16He sends the snow that is white like wool;

he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.20

147:17He throws his hailstones21 like crumbs.

Who can withstand the cold wind he sends?22

147:18He then orders it all to melt;23

he breathes on it,24 and the water flows.

147:19He proclaims his word to Jacob,

his statutes and regulations to Israel.

147:20He has not done so with any other nation;

they are not aware of his regulations.

Praise the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Psalm 147. The psalmist praises the Lord for he is the sovereign ruler of the world who cares for the needs of his covenant people.
  2. 1 Or “for.”
  3. 2 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
  4. 3 Heb “the one who heals.”
  5. 4 Heb “and great of strength.”
  6. 5 Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”
  7. 6 Heb “brings down.”
  8. 7 Heb “sing to the Lord with thanksgiving.”
  9. 8 Heb “the one who covers.”
  10. 9 Heb “hills.”
  11. 10 Heb “which cry out.”
  12. 11 Heb “he does not desire the strength of the horse, he does not take delight in the legs of the man.” Here “the horse” refers to the war horse used by ancient Near Eastern chariot forces, and “the man” refers to the warrior whose muscular legs epitomize his strength.
  13. 12 Heb “those who fear him.”
  14. 13 Heb “your sons.”
  15. 14 Heb “the one who.”
  16. 15 Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”
  17. 16 Heb “satisfies you with.”
  18. 17 Heb “the one who.”
  19. 18 Heb “the one who sends his word, the earth.” The Hebrew term אֶרֶץ (’erets, “earth”) is an adverbial accusative; one must supply a preposition before it (such as “through” or “to”) in the English translation.
  20. 19 Heb “swiftly his word runs.”
  21. 20 Heb “the one who gives snow like wool, frost like ashes he scatters.”
  22. 21 Heb “his ice.”
  23. 22 Heb “Before his cold, who can stand?”
  24. 23 Heb “he sends his word and melts them.”
  25. 24 Heb “he blows his breath.”

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