| Chapter 147 |
1 | Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely. |
2 | The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. |
3 | He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. |
4 | He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names. |
5 | Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite. |
6 | The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. |
7 | Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: |
8 | Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. |
9 | He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry. |
10 | He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. |
11 | The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. |
12 | Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. |
13 | For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. |
14 | He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. |
15 | He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly. |
16 | He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. |
17 | He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? |
18 | He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow. |
19 | He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. |
20 | He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. |