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