Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 147
Psalm 147
Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.
147:1 Or Hallelujah!Praise 147:1 Heb Yahthe Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For 147:1 Or He is delightfulit is pleasant and praise is 147:1 Or fittingbeautiful.Psa 92:1
The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
He gathers the outcasts of Israel.Psa 51:18; Isa 60:10
He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their 147:3 Lit painswounds.Isa 61:1
He counts the number of the stars;
He 147:4 Or calls them all by their namesgives names to all of them.Isa 40:26
Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is 147:5 Lit innumerableinfinite.Psa 145:3; Isa 40:28
The Lord 147:6 Or relievessupports the afflicted;
He brings the wicked down to the ground.Psa 146:8
¶Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
It is He who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass sprout on the mountains.Act 14:17
It is He who gives an animal its food,
And feeds young ravens that cry.Job 38:41; Psa 104:14; Mat 6:26
He does not delight in 147:10 I.e., as a military assetthe strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the 147:10 I.e., as a military assetlegs of a man.
The Lord favors those who fear Him,
Those who wait for His 147:11 Or mercyfaithfulness.Act 10:35
¶Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your sons among you.
He makes 147:14 Lit your borders peacepeace in your borders;
He satisfies you with the 147:14 Lit fatfinest of the wheat.Deu 32:14
He sends His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
He 147:16 Lit givesshowers snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes.
He hurls His ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?
He sends His word and makes them melt;
He makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.Psa 33:9
He declares His words to Jacob,
His statutes and His judgments to Israel.Act 13:17
He has not dealt this way with any other nation;
And as for His judgments, 147:20 I.e., the other nationsthey have not known them.
147:20 Or Hallelujah!Praise 147:20 Heb Yahthe Lord!Deu 29:29; Deu 33:4; Rom 2:3