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III

12 Glorify the Lord, Jerusalem;
    Zion, offer praise to your God,
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates,
    blessed your children within you.(A)
14 He brings peace to your borders,
    and satisfies you with finest wheat.(B)
15 [a]He sends his command to earth;
    his word runs swiftly!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 147:15–19 God speaks through the thunder of nature and the word of revealed law, cf. Is 55:10–11. The weather phenomena are well known in Jerusalem: a blizzard of snow and hail followed by a thunderstorm that melts the ice.

19 He proclaims his word to Jacob,
    his statutes and laws to Israel.(A)
20 He has not done this for any other nation;
    of such laws they know nothing.
Hallelujah!

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