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Psalm 147 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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He Heals the Brokenhearted

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[fn]Praise Yah!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

For [fn]it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

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Yahweh builds up Jerusalem;

He gathers the [fn]outcasts of Israel.

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He is the One who heals the brokenhearted

And who binds up their [fn]wounds,

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Who counts the number of the stars;

He [fn]gives names to all of them.

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Great is our Lord and abundant in power;

His discernment is [fn]infinite.

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Yahweh [fn]helps up the afflicted;

He brings down the wicked to the ground.

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Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving;

Sing praises to our God on the lyre.

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He is the One who covers the heavens with clouds,

The One who provides rain for the earth,

The One who makes grass to sprout on the mountains,

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Who gives to the animal its food,

And to the young ravens which call out.

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He does not delight in the might of the horse;

He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

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Yahweh is pleased with those who fear Him,

Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

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Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

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For He strengthened the bars of your gates;

He blessed your sons within you.

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He is the One who sets [fn]peace in your borders,

He satisfies you with the [fn]finest of the wheat,

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The One who sends forth His command to the earth;

His word runs very swiftly,

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The One who gives snow like wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes,

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Who casts forth His ice as fragments;

Who can stand before His cold?

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He sends forth His word and melts them;

He causes His wind to blow and so the waters flow,

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Who declares His words to Jacob,

His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

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He has not done so with any nation;

So as for His judgments, they have not known them.

[fn]Praise Yah!

LSB Footnotes
Or Hallelujah!
Or He is gracious
Or banished ones, cf. Deut 30:1; Is 11:12; 56:8; Jer 23:3
Lit sorrows
Or calls them all by their names
Lit innumerable
Or relieves
Lit your borders peace
Lit fat
Or Hallelujah!
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