Psalm 147

Amplified Bible

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

147 Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;
Praise is becoming and appropriate.
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The Lord is building up Jerusalem;
He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.
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He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].^(A)
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He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by their names.
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Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].
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The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.

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Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God with the lyre,
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Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
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He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that for which they cry.
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He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse,
Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.
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The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.^(B)

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Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
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For He has strengthened the bars of your gates,
He has blessed your children within you.
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He makes peace in your borders;
He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.
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He sends His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
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He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes.
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He casts out His ice like fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?
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He sends out His word and melts the ice;
He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.
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He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.^(C)
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He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation;
They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)^(D)