Psalm 147

International Children’s Bible

It is good to sing praises to our God.
    It is good and pleasant to praise him.
² The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem.
    He brings back the scattered Israelites who were taken captive.
³ He heals the brokenhearted.
    He bandages their wounds.

⁴ He counts the stars
    and names each one.
⁵ Our Lord is great and very powerful.
    There is no limit to what he knows.
⁶ The Lord defends those who are not proud.
    But he throws the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing praises to the Lord.
    Praise our God with harps.
⁸ He fills the sky with clouds.
    He sends rain to the earth.
    He makes grass grow on the hills.
⁹ He gives food to cattle
    and to the little birds that call.

¹⁰ He is not pleased by the strength of a horse
    or the power of a man.
¹¹ The Lord is pleased with those who fear him,
    with those who trust his love.

¹² Jerusalem, praise the Lord.
    Jerusalem, praise your God.
¹³ He makes your city gates strong.
    He blesses the people inside.
¹⁴ He brings peace to your country.
    He fills you with the finest grain.

¹⁵ He gives a command to the earth,
    and it quickly obeys him.
¹⁶ He spreads the snow like wool.
    He scatters the frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He throws down hail like rocks.
    No one can stand the cold he sends.
¹⁸ Then he gives a command, and it melts.
    He sends the breezes, and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He gave his word to Jacob.
    He gave his laws and demands to Israel.
²⁰ He didn’t do this for any other nation.
    They don’t know his laws.

Praise the Lord!