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147:1  Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.
147:2  The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.
147:3  He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].
147:4  He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.
147:5  Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].
147:6  The Lord lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.
147:7  Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God with the lyre,
147:8  Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
147:9  He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that for which they cry.
147:10  He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.
147:11  The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.
147:12  Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
147:13  For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.
147:14  He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.
147:15  He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.
147:16  He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.
147:17  He casts out His ice like fragments; Who can stand before His cold?
147:18  He sends out His word and melts the ice; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.
147:19  He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
147:20  He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)