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Psalms 147
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1Praise Yah,
- for it is good to sing praises to our God;
- for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
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2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem.
- He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
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3He heals the broken in heart,
- and binds up their wounds.
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4He counts the number of the stars.
- He calls them all by their names.
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5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.
- His understanding is infinite.
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6Yahweh upholds the humble.
- He brings the wicked down to the ground.
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7Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving.
- Sing praises on the harp to our God,
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8who covers the sky with clouds,
- who prepares rain for the earth,
- who makes grass grow on the mountains.
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9He provides food for the livestock,
- and for the young ravens when they call.
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10He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse.
- He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
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11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him,
- in those who hope in his loving kindness.
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12Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem!
- Praise your God, Zion!
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13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates.
- He has blessed your children within you.
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14He makes peace in your borders.
- He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
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15He sends out his commandment to the earth.
- His word runs very swiftly.
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16He gives snow like wool,
- and scatters frost like ashes.
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17He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
- Who can stand before his cold?
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18He sends out his word, and melts them.
- He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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19He shows his word to Jacob;
- his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
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20He has not done this for just any nation.
- They don’t know his ordinances.
