147:1  Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.

147:2  The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

147:3  He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

147:4  He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.

147:5  Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

147:6  The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.

147:7  Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!

147:8  He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.

147:9  He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.

147:10  His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man;

147:11  but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

147:12  Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

147:13  For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.

147:14  He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

147:15  He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

147:16  He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

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

147:18  He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.

147:19  He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.

147:20  He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!