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Psalm 147 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Psa 147:1

Psa 147:1Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.

Psa 147:2

Psa 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

Psa 147:3

Psa 147:3He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

Psa 147:4

Psa 147:4He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.

Psa 147:5

Psa 147:5Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

Psa 147:6

Psa 147:6The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.

Psa 147:7

Psa 147:7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!

Psa 147:8

Psa 147:8He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.

Psa 147:9

Psa 147:9He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Psa 147:10

Psa 147:10His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man;

Psa 147:11

Psa 147:11but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Psa 147:12

Psa 147:12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

Psa 147:13

Psa 147:13For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.

Psa 147:14

Psa 147:14He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

Psa 147:15

Psa 147:15He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

Psa 147:16

Psa 147:16He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

Psa 147:17

Psa 147:17He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?

Psa 147:18

Psa 147:18He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.

Psa 147:19

Psa 147:19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.

Psa 147:20

Psa 147:20He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!
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