Psalm 147

1 Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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2 The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
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3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
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4 He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.
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5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
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6 The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.
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7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God:
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8 Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
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9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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10 He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.
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11 The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
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13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
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14 He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.
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15 He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly.
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16 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
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17 He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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18 He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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19 He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
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20 He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD.
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