Psalms 147
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Psalm 147
Praise for God’s Care for Jerusalem
1 #
Ps 33.1; 135.3 Praise the LORD!
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
2 #
Deut 30.3; Ps 102.16 The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 #
Isa 30.26; 61.1 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 #
Isa 40.26
He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
5 #
Ps 48.1; Isa 40.28 Great is our Lord and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
6The LORD lifts up the downtrodden;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre.
8 #
Job 38.26; Ps 104.13 He covers the heavens with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
makes grass grow on the hills.
9 #
Job 38.41; Ps 104.27 He gives to the animals their food
and to the young ravens when they cry.
10 #
1 Sam 16.7; Ps 33.16, 17 His delight is not in the strength of the horse
nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner,#147.10 Heb legs of a person
11but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 #
Ps 132.15; Isa 60.17 He grants peace#147.14 Or prosperity within your borders;
he fills you with the finest of wheat.
15 #
Job 37.12; Ps 104.4 He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 #
Job 37.6; 38.29 He gives snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes.
17He hurls down hail like crumbs—
who can stand before his cold?
18 #
Ps 33.9; 107.25 He sends out his word and melts them;
he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
19 #
Deut 33.2; Mal 4.4 He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20 #
Deut 4.32
He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the LORD!
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