Psa 147:1
[fn]Praise H1984 Yah H3050!
For it is good H2896 to sing H2167 praises H2167 to our God H430;
For [fn]it is pleasant H5273 and praise H8416 is becoming H5000.
Psa 147:2
Yahweh H3068 builds H1129 up H1129 Jerusalem H3389;
He gathers H3664 the [fn]outcasts H5080 of Israel H3478.
Psa 147:3
He is the One who heals H7495 the brokenhearted H7665 H3820
And who binds H2280 up H2280 their [fn]wounds H6094,
Psa 147:4
Who counts H4487 the number H4557 of the stars H3556;
He [fn]gives H7121 names H8034 to all H3605 of them.
Psa 147:5
Great H1419 is our Lord H136 and abundant H7227 in power H3581;
His discernment H8394 is [fn]infinite H369 H4557.
Psa 147:6
Yahweh H3068 [fn]helps H5749 up H5749 the afflicted H6035;
He brings H8213 down H8213 the wicked H7563 to the ground H776.
Psa 147:7
Sing H6030 to Yahweh H3068 with thanksgiving H8426;
Sing H2167 praises H2167 to our God H430 on the lyre H3658.
Psa 147:8
He is the One who covers H3680 the heavens H8064 with clouds H5645,
The One who provides H3559 rain H4306 for the earth H776,
The One who makes grass H2682 to sprout H6779 on the mountains H2022,
Psa 147:9
Who gives H5414 to the animal H929 its food H3899,
And to the young H1121 ravens H6158 which H834 call H7121 out H7121.
Psa 147:10
He does not delight H2654 in the might H1369 of the horse H5483;
He does not take H7521 pleasure H7521 in the legs H7785 of a man H376.
Psa 147:11
Yahweh H3068 is pleased H7521 with those who fear H3372 Him,
Those who wait H3176 for His lovingkindness H2617.
Psa 147:12
Laud H7623 Yahweh H3068, O Jerusalem H3389!
Praise H1984 your God H430, O Zion H6726!
Psa 147:13
For He strengthened H2388 the bars H1280 of your gates H8179;
He blessed H1288 your sons H1121 within H7130 you.
Psa 147:14
He is the One who sets H7760 [fn]peace H7965 in your borders H1366,
He satisfies H7646 you with the [fn]finest H2459 of the wheat H2406,
Psa 147:15
The One who sends H7971 forth His command H565 to the earth H776;
His word H1697 runs H7323 very H5704 swiftly H4120,
Psa 147:16
The One who gives H5414 snow H7950 like wool H6785;
He scatters H6340 the frost H3713 like ashes H665,
Psa 147:17
Who casts H7993 forth His ice H7140 as fragments H6595;
Who H4310 can stand H5975 before H6440 His cold H7135?
Psa 147:18
He sends H7971 forth His word H1697 and melts H4529 them;
He causes His wind H7307 to blow H5380 and so the waters H4325 flow H5140,
Psa 147:19
Who declares H5046 His words H1697 to Jacob H3290,
His statutes H2706 and His judgments H4941 to Israel H3478.
Psa 147:20
He has not done H6213 so H3651 with any H3605 nation H1471;
So as for His judgments H4941, they have not known H3045 them.
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