147:1 Praise the Eternal! It is good to sing praises to our God, for praise is beautiful and pleasant.
147:2 The Eternal, Architect of earth, is building Jerusalem, finding the lost, gathering Israel’s outcasts.
147:3 He binds their wounds, heals the sorrows of their hearts.
147:4 He counts all the stars within His hands, carefully fixing their number and giving them names.
147:5 Our Lord is great. Nothing is impossible with His overwhelming power. He is loving, compassionate, and wise beyond all measure.
147:6 The Eternal will lift up the lowly but throw down the wicked to the earth.
147:7 Open your mouths with thanks! Sing praises to the Eternal! Strum the harp in unending praise to our God
147:8 Who blankets the heavens with clouds, sends rain to water the thirsty earth, and pulls up each blade of grass upon the mountainside.
147:9 He opens His hands to feed all the animals and scatters seed to nestlings when they cry.
147:10 He takes no pleasure in the raw strength of horses; He finds no joy in the speed of the sprinter.
147:11 But the Eternal does take pleasure in those who worship Him, those who invest hope in His unfailing love.
147:12 O Jerusalem, praise the Eternal! O Zion, praise your God!
147:13 For His divine power reinforces your city gates, blesses your children in the womb.
147:14 He establishes peace within your borders, fills your markets with hearty golden wheat.
147:15 His command ripples across the earth; His word runs out on swift feet.
147:16 He blankets the earth in wooly snow, scattering frost like ashes over the land.
147:17 He throws down hail like stones falling from a mountain. Can any withstand His wintry blast?
147:18 But He dispatches His word, and the thaw begins; at His command, the spring winds blow, gently stirring the waters back to life.
147:19 He brings Jacob in on His plan, declaring His word— His statutes and His teachings to Israel.
147:20 He has not treated any other nation in such a way; they live unaware of His commands. Praise the Eternal!
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