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Psalms 147

1 Praise the LORD.How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

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

2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.

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

3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

3 God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.

4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

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

5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

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

6 The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

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

7 Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

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

8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.

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

9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.

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

10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

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

11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

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

12 Extol the LORD, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.

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

13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

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

14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

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

15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

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

16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

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

17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?

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

18 He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

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

19 He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.

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

20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.Praise the LORD.

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