Psalms 147

¹Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God ; for it is pleasant , and a song of praise is fitting .

²The Lord builds up Jerusalem ; he gathers the outcasts of Israel .

³He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds .

⁴He determines the number of the stars ; he gives to all of them their names .

⁵Great is our Lord , and abundant in power ; his understanding is beyond measure .

⁶The Lord lifts up the humble ; he casts the wicked to the ground .

⁷Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving ; make melody to our God on the lyre !

⁸He covers the heavens with clouds ; he prepares rain for the earth ; he makes grass grow on the hills .

⁹He gives to the beasts their food , and to the young ravens that cry .

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

¹¹but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love .

¹²Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ! Praise your God , O Zion !

¹³For he strengthens the bars of your gates ; he blesses your children within you.

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

¹⁵He sends out his command to the earth ; his word runs swiftly .

¹⁶He gives snow like wool ; he scatters frost like ashes .

¹⁷He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs ; who can stand before his cold ?

¹⁸He sends out his word , and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow .

¹⁹He declares his word to Jacob , his statutes and rules to Israel .

²⁰He has not dealt thus with any other nation ; they do not know his rules . Praise the Lord!