Psalm 147 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 147:1

Psa 147:1(LXX 146:1) Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.

Psa 147:2

Psa 147:2(LXX 146:2) The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.

Psa 147:3

Psa 147:3(LXX 146:3) He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Psa 147:4

Psa 147:4(LXX 146:4) He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.

Psa 147:5

Psa 147:5(LXX 146:5) Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.

Psa 147:6

Psa 147:6(LXX 146:6) The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.

Psa 147:7

Psa 147:7(LXX 146:7) Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:

Psa 147:8

Psa 147:8(LXX 146:8) who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[fn]and green herb for the service of men;]

Psa 147:9

Psa 147:9(LXX 146:9) and gives to cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.

Psa 147:10

Psa 147:10(LXX 146:10) He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.

Psa 147:11

Psa 147:11(LXX 146:11) The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.

Psa 147:12

Psa 147:12(LXX 147:1) Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias.[fn] Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.

Psa 147:13

Psa 147:13(LXX 147:2) For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.

Psa 147:14

Psa 147:14(LXX 147:3) He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the [fn]flour of wheat.

Psa 147:15

Psa 147:15(LXX 147:4) He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.

Psa 147:16

Psa 147:16(LXX 147:5) He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.

Psa 147:17

Psa 147:17(LXX 147:6) Casting forth his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?

Psa 147:18

Psa 147:18(LXX 147:7) He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.

Psa 147:19

Psa 147:19(LXX 147:8) He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.

Psa 147:20

Psa 147:20(LXX 147:9) He has not done so to [fn]any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.

BES Footnotes

(147:8)

See Ps 103:14.

(147:12)

In the original text, the following verses are numbered 12 to 20.

(147:14)

Lit. fat of wheat.

(147:20)

Gr. every.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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