Psalms 147
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Psalms 147
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Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful. | Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely. |
The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together. | Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. |
He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds. | He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds. |
He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names. | He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by [their] names. |
Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom. | Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. |
The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame. | Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. |
Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music. | Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God, |
By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains. | Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. |
He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry. | He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry. |
He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. | He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. |
The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy. | Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness. |
Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion. | Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion. |
He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls. | For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee. |
He gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain. | He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. |
He sends out his orders to the earth; his word goes out quickly. | He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly. |
He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust. | He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. |
He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold. | He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold? |
At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters. | He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. |
He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions. | He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel. |
He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised. | He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah. Psalm 148 |