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147:1  Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
147:2  The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
147:3  He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
147:4  He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
147:5  Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
147:6  The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; he casts the wicked to the ground.
147:7  Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre.
147:8  He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills.
147:9  He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry.
147:10  His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;
147:11  but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
147:12  Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
147:13  For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.
147:14  He grants peace within your borders; he fills you with the finest of wheat.
147:15  He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
147:16  He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
147:17  He hurls down hail like crumbs— who can stand before his cold?
147:18  He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
147:19  He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
147:20  He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the Lord!