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Psalm 147 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

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Praise the LORD!

For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God;

Praise is becoming and appropriate.

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The LORD is building up Jerusalem;

He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.

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He heals the brokenhearted

And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].

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He counts the number of the stars;

He calls them all by their names.

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Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength;

His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

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The LORD lifts up the humble;

He casts the wicked down to the ground.

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Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;

Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

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Who covers the heavens with clouds,

Who provides rain for the earth,

Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

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He gives to the beast its food,

And to the young ravens that for which they cry.

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He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse,

Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

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The LORD favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],

Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.

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Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

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For He has strengthened the bars of your gates,

He has blessed your children within you.

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He makes peace in your borders;

He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

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He sends His command to the earth;

His word runs very swiftly.

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He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes.

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He casts out His ice like fragments;

Who can stand before His cold?

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He sends out His word and melts the ice;

He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

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He declares His word to Jacob,

His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

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He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation;

They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances.

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

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