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Psalm 147

1 Praise the LORD! Because it is good to sing praise to our God! Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise!

1 Hallelujah! It's a good thing to sing praise to our God; praise is beautiful, praise is fitting.

2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathering up Israel's exiles.

2 God's the one who rebuilds Jerusalem, who regathers Israel's scattered exiles.

3 God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.

3 He heals the heartbroken and bandages their wounds.

4 God counts the stars by number, giving each one a name.

4 He counts the stars and assigns each a name.

5 Our Lord is great and so strong! God's knowledge can't be grasped!

5 Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; we'll never comprehend what he knows and does

6 The LORD helps the poor, but throws the wicked down on the dirt!

6 God puts the fallen on their feet again and pushes the wicked into the ditch.

7 Sing to the LORD with thanks; sing praises to our God with a lyre!

7 Sing to God a thanksgiving hymn, play music on your instruments to God,

8 God covers the skies with clouds; God makes rain for the earth; God makes the mountains sprout green grass.

8 Who fills the sky with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, Then turning the mountains green with grass,

9 God gives food to the animals— even to the baby ravens when they cry out.

9 feeding both cattle and crows.

10 God doesn't prize the strength of a horse; God doesn't treasure the legs of a runner.

10 He's not impressed with horsepower; the size of our muscles means little to him.

11 No. The LORD treasures the people who honor him, the people who wait for his faithful love.

11 Those who fear God get God's attention; they can depend on his strength.

12 Worship the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

12 Jerusalem, worship God! Zion, praise your God!

13 Because God secures the bars on your gates, God blesses the children you have there.

13 He made your city secure, he blessed your children among you.

14 God establishes your borders peacefully. God fills you full with the very best wheat.

14 He keeps the peace at your borders, he puts the best bread on your tables.

15 God issues his command to the earth— God's word speeds off fast!

15 He launches his promises earthward - how swift and sure they come!

16 God spreads snow like it was wool; God scatters frost like it was ashes;

16 He spreads snow like a white fleece, he scatters frost like ashes,

17 God throws his hail down like crumbs— who can endure God's freezing cold?

17 He broadcasts hail like birdseed - who can survive his winter?

18 Then God issues his word and melts it all away! God makes his winds blow; the water flows again.

18 Then he gives the command and it all melts; he breathes on winter - suddenly it's spring!

19 God proclaims his word to Jacob; his statutes and rules to Israel.

19 He speaks the same way to Jacob, speaks words that work to Israel.

20 God hasn't done that with any other nation; those nations have no knowledge of God's rules. Praise the LORD!

20 He never did this to the other nations; they never heard such commands. Hallelujah!