The Message

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         <div class="label">147</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hallelujah!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">It&#8217;s a good thing to sing praise to our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">praise is beautiful, praise is fitting.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.147.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="label">2-6</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s the one who rebuilds Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">who regathers Israel&#8217;s scattered exiles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">He heals the heartbroken</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">and bandages their wounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">He counts the stars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">and assigns each a name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">Our Lord is great, with limitless strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">we&#8217;ll never comprehend what he knows and does.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> puts the fallen on their feet again</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">and pushes the wicked into the ditch.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2 v3 v4 v5 v6" data-usfm="PSA.147.2+PSA.147.3+PSA.147.4+PSA.147.5+PSA.147.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="label">7-11</span><span class="content">Sing to </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> a thanksgiving hymn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">play music on your instruments to God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">Who fills the sky with clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">preparing rain for the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">Then turning the mountains green with grass,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">feeding both cattle and crows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">He&#8217;s not impressed with horsepower;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">the size of our muscles means little to him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">Those who fear </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> get </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">s attention;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">they can depend on his strength.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7 v8 v9 v10 v11" data-usfm="PSA.147.7+PSA.147.8+PSA.147.9+PSA.147.10+PSA.147.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="label">12-18</span><span class="content">Jerusalem, worship </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">Zion, praise your God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">He made your city secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he blessed your children among you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">He keeps the peace at your borders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he puts the best bread on your tables.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">He launches his promises earthward&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">how swift and sure they come!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">He spreads snow like a white fleece,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he scatters frost like ashes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">He broadcasts hail like birdseed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">who can survive his winter?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">Then he gives the command and it all melts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he breathes on winter&#8212;suddenly it&#8217;s spring!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17 v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.19+PSA.147.20"><span class="label">19-20</span><span class="content">He speaks the same way to Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.19+PSA.147.20"><span class="content">speaks words that work to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.19+PSA.147.20"><span class="content">He never did this to the other nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.19+PSA.147.20"><span class="content">they never heard such commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19 v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.19+PSA.147.20"><span class="content">Hallelujah!</span></span></div>
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Hallelujah!
It’s a good thing to sing praise to our God;
praise is beautiful, praise is fitting.

GOD’s the one who rebuilds Jerusalem,
who regathers Israel’s scattered exiles.
He heals the heartbroken
and bandages their wounds.
He counts the stars
and assigns each a name.
Our Lord is great, with limitless strength;
we’ll never comprehend what he knows and does.
GOD puts the fallen on their feet again
and pushes the wicked into the ditch.

Sing to GOD a thanksgiving hymn,
play music on your instruments to God,
Who fills the sky with clouds,
preparing rain for the earth,
Then turning the mountains green with grass,
feeding both cattle and crows.
He’s not impressed with horsepower;
the size of our muscles means little to him.
Those who fear GOD get GOD’s attention;
they can depend on his strength.

Jerusalem, worship GOD!
Zion, praise your God!
He made your city secure,
he blessed your children among you.
He keeps the peace at your borders,
he puts the best bread on your tables.
He launches his promises earthward—
how swift and sure they come!
He spreads snow like a white fleece,
he scatters frost like ashes,
He broadcasts hail like birdseed—
who can survive his winter?
Then he gives the command and it all melts;
he breathes on winter—suddenly it’s spring!

He speaks the same way to Jacob,
speaks words that work to Israel.
He never did this to the other nations;
they never heard such commands.
Hallelujah!

گوێگرتن لە Psalms 147