^147:1 Praise Jehovah, because it is good to sing praises to our God. Because it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

    ^147:2 Jehovah builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. ^147:3 He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds. ^147:4 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by names.

    ^147:5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. ^147:6 Jehovah upholds the meek. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

    ^147:7 Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving. Sing praises upon the harp to our God, ^147:8 who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains. ^147:9He gives to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry.

    ^147:10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. ^147:11Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

    ^147:12 Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion. ^147:13 Because he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.^147:14 He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

    ^147:15 He sends out his commandment upon earth. His word runs very swiftly. ^147:16 He gives snow like wool. He scatters the hoar-frost like ashes. ^147:17 He casts forth his ice like morsels. Who can stand before his cold? ^147:18 He sends out his word and melts them. He causes his wind to blow and the waters flow.

    ^147:19 He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. ^147:20 He has not dealt so with any nation. And as for his ordinances, they have not known them.

    Praise Jehovah.