Psalms 147
1Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
2For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
3He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
4He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
5He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
6He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
7He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
8He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
9He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
1Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.