Psalms 147:1
20 verses
- 1
Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely [is] praise.
- 2
Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
- 3
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
- 4
Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
- 5
Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
- 6
Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
- 7
Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
- 8
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
- 9
Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
- 10
Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.
- 11
Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
- 12
Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
- 13
For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
- 14
Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
- 15
Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
- 16
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
- 17
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
- 18
He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow -- the waters flow.
- 19
Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
- 20
He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!