New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 147

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

1 1Praise 2the Lord! For 3it is good to sing praises to our God; For 4it is pleasant and praise is 5becoming.2The Lord 6builds up Jerusalem; He 7gathers the outcasts of Israel.3He heals the 8brokenhearted And 9binds up their 10wounds.4He 11counts the number of the stars; He 12 13gives names to all of them.5 14Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His 15understanding is 16infinite.6The Lord 17 18supports the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground.

7 19Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre,8Who 20covers the heavens with clouds, Who 21provides rain for the earth, Who 22makes grass to 23grow on the mountains.9He 24gives to the beast its food, And to the 25young ravens which cry.10He does not delight in the strength of the 26horse; He 27does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.11The Lord 28favors those who fear Him, 29Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

12Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!13For He has strengthened the 30bars of your gates; He has 31blessed your sons within you.14He 32makes 33peace in your borders; He 34satisfies you with 35the 36finest of the wheat.15He sends forth His 37command to the earth; His 38word runs very swiftly.16He gives 39snow like wool; He scatters the 40frost like ashes.17He casts forth His 41ice as fragments; Who can stand before His 42cold?18He 43sends forth His word and melts them; He 44causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.19He 45declares His words to Jacob, His 46statutes and His ordinances to Israel.20He 47has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His ordinances, they have 48not known them. 49Praise 50the Lord!

Notes

1. Psalms 147:1 Or Hallelujah! ↩
2. Psalms 147:1 Heb Yah ↩
3. Psalms 147:1 Ps 92:1; 135:3 ↩
4. Psalms 147:1 Or He is gracious ↩
5. Psalms 147:1 Ps 33:1 ↩
6. Psalms 147:2 Ps 51:18; 102:16 ↩
7. Psalms 147:2 Deut 30:3; Ps 106:47; Is 11:12; 56:8; Ezek 39:28 ↩
8. Psalms 147:3 Ps 34:18; 51:17; Is 61:1 ↩
9. Psalms 147:3 Job 5:18; Is 30:26; Ezek 34:16 ↩
10. Psalms 147:3 Lit sorrows ↩
11. Psalms 147:4 Gen 15:5 ↩
12. Psalms 147:4 Or calls them all by their names ↩
13. Psalms 147:4 Is 40:26 ↩
14. Psalms 147:5 Ps 48:1; 145:3 ↩
15. Psalms 147:5 Is 40:28 ↩
16. Psalms 147:5 Lit innumerable ↩
17. Psalms 147:6 Or relieves ↩
18. Psalms 147:6 Ps 37:24; 146:8, 9 ↩
19. Psalms 147:7 Ps 33:2; 95:1, 2 ↩
20. Psalms 147:8 Job 26:8 ↩
21. Psalms 147:8 Job 5:10; 38:26; Ps 104:13 ↩
22. Psalms 147:8 Job 38:27; Ps 104:14 ↩
23. Psalms 147:8 Lit spring forth ↩
24. Psalms 147:9 Ps 104:27, 28; 145:15 ↩
25. Psalms 147:9 Job 38:41; Matt 6:26 ↩
26. Psalms 147:10 Ps 33:17 ↩
27. Psalms 147:10 1 Sam 16:7 ↩
28. Psalms 147:11 Ps 149:4 ↩
29. Psalms 147:11 Ps 33:18 ↩
30. Psalms 147:13 Neh 3:3; 7:3 ↩
31. Psalms 147:13 Ps 37:26 ↩
32. Psalms 147:14 Ps 29:11; Is 54:13; 60:17, 18 ↩
33. Psalms 147:14 Lit your borders peace ↩
34. Psalms 147:14 Ps 132:15 ↩
35. Psalms 147:14 Deut 32:14; Ps 81:16 ↩
36. Psalms 147:14 Lit fat ↩
37. Psalms 147:15 Job 37:12; Ps 148:5 ↩
38. Psalms 147:15 Ps 104:4 ↩
39. Psalms 147:16 Job 37:6; Ps 148:8 ↩
40. Psalms 147:16 Job 38:29 ↩
41. Psalms 147:17 Job 37:10 ↩
42. Psalms 147:17 Job 37:9 ↩
43. Psalms 147:18 Ps 33:9; 107:20; 147:15 ↩
44. Psalms 147:18 Ps 107:25 ↩
45. Psalms 147:19 Deut 33:3, 4 ↩
46. Psalms 147:19 Mal 4:4 ↩
47. Psalms 147:20 Deut 4:7, 8, 32-34; Rom 3:1, 2 ↩
48. Psalms 147:20 Ps 79:6; Jer 10:25 ↩
49. Psalms 147:20 Or Hallelujah! ↩
50. Psalms 147:20 Heb Yah ↩

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

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