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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 Yah. For [it is] good to sing praises [to] our God; for [it is] pleasant; praise is fitting.

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

2 Yahweh [is] building Jerusalem; he gathers [the] scattered ones of Israel.

3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

3 [He is] the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

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

4 [He] counts [the] number of the stars; he gives names to all of them.

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

5 Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited.

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

6 Yahweh helps the afflicted up; [he] brings [the] wicked down to [the] ground.

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

7 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre,

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

8 who covers [the] heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.

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

9 [He] gives to [the] animal its food, [and] to [the] young ravens that cry.

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

10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.

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

11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope for his loyal love.

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

12 Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,

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

13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you;

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

14 [he] makes your border peaceful; he satisfies you with [the] {finest of wheat}.

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

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

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

16 [He] gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes;

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

17 [he] throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold?

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

18 He sends out his word and melts them; he blows his breath, the water flows.

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

19 [He] declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

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

20 He has not done so for any nation, and they do not know [his] ordinances. Praise Yah.