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147:1  Praise the Lord! Because it is good to sing praise to our God! Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise!
147:2  The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, gathering up Israel’s exiles.
147:3  God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
147:4  God counts the stars by number, giving each one a name.
147:5  Our Lord is great and so strong! God’s knowledge can’t be grasped!
147:6  The Lord helps the poor, but throws the wicked down on the dirt!
147:7  Sing to the Lord with thanks; sing praises to our God with a lyre!
147:8  God covers the skies with clouds; God makes rain for the earth; God makes the mountains sprout green grass.
147:9  God gives food to the animals— even to the baby ravens when they cry out.
147:10  God doesn’t prize the strength of a horse; God doesn’t treasure the legs of a runner.
147:11  No. The Lord treasures the people who honor him, the people who wait for his faithful love.
147:12  Worship the Lord, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
147:13  Because God secures the bars on your gates, God blesses the children you have there.
147:14  God establishes your borders peacefully. God fills you full with the very best wheat.
147:15  God issues his command to the earth— God’s word speeds off fast!
147:16  God spreads snow like it was wool; God scatters frost like it was ashes;
147:17  God throws his hail down like crumbs— who can endure God’s freezing cold?
147:18  Then God issues his word and melts it all away! God makes his winds blow; the water flows again.
147:19  God proclaims his word to Jacob; his statutes and rules to Israel.
147:20  God hasn’t done that with any other nation; those nations have no knowledge of God’s rules. Praise the Lord!