­PSA 147:1  Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for

 it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

 

­PSA 147:2  The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts

 of Israel.

 

­PSA 147:3  He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

 

­PSA 147:4  He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their

 names.

 

­PSA 147:5  Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is

 infinite.

 

­PSA 147:6  The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the

 ground.

 

­PSA 147:7  Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto

 our God:

 

­PSA 147:8  Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the

 earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

 

­PSA 147:9  He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

 

­PSA 147:10  He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not

 pleasure in the legs of a man.

 

­PSA 147:11  The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope

 in his mercy.

 

­PSA 147:12  Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

 

­PSA 147:13  For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy

 children within thee.

 

­PSA 147:14  He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest

 of the wheat.

 

­PSA 147:15  He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very

 swiftly.

 

­PSA 147:16  He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

 

­PSA 147:17  He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his

 cold?

 

­PSA 147:18  He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to

 blow, and the waters flow.

 

­PSA 147:19  He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto

 Israel.

 

­PSA 147:20  He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments,

 they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.