147Psalms 147

1Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.Select Psalms 147:1

2The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.Select Psalms 147:2

3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.Select Psalms 147:3

4He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.Select Psalms 147:4

5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.Select Psalms 147:5

6The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.Select Psalms 147:6

7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God:Select Psalms 147:7

8Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.Select Psalms 147:8

9He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.Select Psalms 147:9

10He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.Select Psalms 147:10

11The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.Select Psalms 147:11

12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.Select Psalms 147:12

13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.Select Psalms 147:13

14He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.Select Psalms 147:14

15He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly.Select Psalms 147:15

16He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.Select Psalms 147:16

17He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?Select Psalms 147:17

18He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.Select Psalms 147:18

19He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.Select Psalms 147:19

20He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD.Select Psalms 147:20