147:1 Hallelujah! Yes, praise the Lord! How good it is to sing his praises! How delightful, and how right!
147:2 He is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing back the exiles.
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their wounds.
147:4 He counts the stars and calls them all by name.
147:5 How great he is! His power is absolute! His understanding is unlimited.
147:6 The Lord supports the humble, but brings the wicked into the dust.
147:7 Sing out your thanks to him; sing praises to our God, accompanied by harps.
147:8 He covers the heavens with clouds, sends down the showers, and makes the green grass grow in mountain pastures.
147:9 He feeds the wild animals, and the young ravens cry to him for food.
147:10 The speed of a horse is nothing to him. How puny in his sight is the strength of a man.
147:11 But his joy is in those who reverence him, those who expect him to be loving and kind.
147:12 Praise him, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
147:13 For he has fortified your gates against all enemies and blessed your children.
147:14 He sends peace across your nation and fills your barns with plenty of the finest wheat.
147:15 He sends his orders to the world. How swiftly his word flies.
147:16 He sends the snow in all its lovely whiteness, scatters the frost upon the ground,
147:17 and hurls the hail upon the earth. Who can stand before his freezing cold?
147:18 But then he calls for warmer weather, and the spring winds blow and all the river ice is broken.
147:19 He has made known his laws and ceremonies of worship to Israel—
147:20 something he has not done with any other nation; they have not known his commands. Hallelujah! Yes, praise the Lord!
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