Psalm 147 - Amplified Bible

PSALM 147

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

¹ Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.

² The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.

³ He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].

⁴ He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

⁵ Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

⁶ The Lord lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

⁸ Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

⁹ He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that for which they cry.

¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

¹¹ The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³ For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.

¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶ He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.

¹⁷ He casts out His ice like fragments; Who can stand before His cold?

¹⁸ He sends out His word and melts the ice; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

¹⁹ He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

²⁰ He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)