147:1 Praise the Lord.* How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! / *Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20
147:2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
147:4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
147:5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
147:6 The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
147:7 Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
147:8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
147:9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
147:10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
147:11 the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
147:12 Extol the Lord, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.
147:13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
147:14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
147:15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
147:16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
147:17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
147:18 He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
147:19 He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
147:20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.* Praise the Lord. / *Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; he has not made his laws known to them