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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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