Psalm 147 ESV

Psalm 147

He Heals the Brokenhearted

1 ¹Praise the LORD! For ²it is good to sing praises to our God; for ³it is pleasant,^a and ⁴a song of praise is fitting.

2 The LORD ⁵builds up Jerusalem; he ⁶gathers the outcasts of Israel.

3 He heals ⁷the brokenhearted and ⁸binds up their wounds.

4 He ⁹determines the number of the stars; he ¹⁰gives to all of them their names.

5 ¹¹Great is our Lord, and ¹²abundant in power; ¹³his understanding is beyond measure.

6 The LORD ¹⁴lifts up the humble;^b he casts the wicked to the ground.

7 ¹⁵Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on ¹⁶the lyre!

8 He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares ¹⁷rain for the earth; he makes ¹⁸grass grow on the hills.

9 He ¹⁹gives to the beasts their food, and to ²⁰the young ravens that cry.

10 His delight is not in ²¹the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

11 but the LORD ²²takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who ²³hope in his steadfast love.

12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

13 For he strengthens ²⁴the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.

14 He ²⁵makes peace in your borders; he ²⁶fills you with the ²⁷finest of the wheat.

15 He ²⁸sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

16 He gives ²⁹snow like wool; he scatters ³⁰hoarfrost like ashes.

17 He hurls down his crystals of ³¹ice like crumbs; who can stand before his ³²cold?

18 He ³³sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.

19 He declares his word to Jacob, his ³⁴statutes and rules^c to Israel.

20 He ³⁵has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules.^d ³⁶Praise the LORD!

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