Psalms 147
1 Praise the Lord, for it's good to sing praises to our God! Praise is wonderful and beautiful!
2 The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem, gathering together the people of Israel who have been scattered.
3 He heals the broken-hearted, and bandages the wounded.
4 He knows how many stars he made, and commands all of them by name.
5 Our Lord is great! His power is immense! There's no limit to what he understands!
6 The Lord helps those who are bowed down to get up; but he grinds the wicked into the ground.
7 Sing thanks to the Lord! Sing praises to our God with a harp!
8 He covers the sky with clouds to bring rain to the earth, and makes the grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives food to the animals, and to the baby ravens when they call.
10 The Lord doesn't appreciate the strength of war-horses or value human power.
11 What the Lord values are those who follow him, those who put their confidence in his trustworthy love.
12 Jerusalem, praise the Lord! Zion, praise your God!
13 He makes the bars on your city gates strong, and blesses your children around you.
14 He keeps the borders of your land safe from attack; he provides you with plenty of the finest wheat.
15 He sends his commands around the world—they're quickly implemented.
16 He sends snow as white as wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
17 He throws hail like stones. Who can stand the cold he sends?
18 Then he sends out his command and it melts; he blows on it and the water flows.
19 He proclaims his word to Jacob; his rules and laws to Israel.
20 He has not done this for any other nation—they don't know his laws. Praise the Lord!
Cross-references
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- 1Psa 135:3, Psa 92:1, Psa 42:4, Psa 33:1, Psa 63:3–5, Rev 5:9–14, Rev 19:1–6, Psa 122:1–4
- 2Isa 56:8, Deu 30:3, Psa 51:18, Psa 102:20–22, Isa 62:7, Ezk 39:27–28, Isa 14:32, Ezk 38:8
- 3Psa 34:18, Job 5:18, Jer 33:6, Luk 4:18, Isa 61:1, Hos 6:1–2, Psa 51:17, Isa 57:15
- 4Isa 40:26, Psa 8:3, Psa 148:3, Gen 15:5
- 5Isa 40:28, Psa 139:17–18, Psa 96:4, Rom 11:33, Nam 1:3, Psa 48:1, Psa 40:5, Jer 10:6
- 6Psa 25:9, Psa 146:8–9, 1Pe 5:6, Jas 4:10, Psa 145:14, Zep 2:3, Psa 149:4, Psa 73:18–19
- 7Psa 95:1–2, Psa 47:6–7, Psa 68:32, Psa 92:1–3, Psa 107:21–22, Rev 5:8–10, Exo 15:20–21
- 8Job 5:10, Psa 65:9–13, Gen 9:14, Job 26:8–9, Act 14:17, Mat 5:45, 1Ki 18:44–45, Amo 5:7–8
- 9Psa 104:27–28, Job 38:41, Mat 6:26, Psa 136:25, Psa 145:15–16, Luk 12:24
- 101Sa 16:7, Pro 21:31, Isa 31:1, Psa 33:16–18, Psa 20:7, Ecc 9:11, Hos 1:7, Job 39:19–25
- 11Psa 33:18, Mal 3:16–17, Zep 3:17, Psa 149:4, Isa 62:4, Psa 35:27, Psa 33:22, Pro 11:20
- 12Isa 12:6, Jol 2:23, Psa 146:10, Isa 52:7, Psa 135:19–21, Psa 149:2
- 13Psa 128:3–6, Isa 44:3–5, Psa 115:14–15, Jer 30:19–20, Psa 144:12, Psa 125:2, Lam 2:8–9, Neh 12:30
- 14Psa 29:11, Isa 60:17–18, Psa 81:16, Psa 132:15, Deu 32:14, Psa 122:6, Isa 66:12, 1Ch 22:9
- 15Job 37:12, Psa 107:20, Mat 8:13, Mat 8:8–9, 2Th 3:1, Psa 33:9, Job 34:29, Psa 68:11
- 16Job 37:6, Job 38:29, Psa 148:8, Isa 55:10, Job 37:9–10
- 17Job 38:29–30, Job 38:22–23, Psa 78:47–48, Job 37:9–10, Exo 9:23–25, Jos 10:11
- 18Psa 147:15, Psa 33:9, Job 37:10, Job 6:16–17, Job 37:17, Psa 107:20
- 19Mal 4:4, Psa 78:5, Deu 33:2–4, Deu 4:45, Deu 5:22, Rom 3:2, Rom 9:4, Deu 5:31
- 20Deu 4:32–34, Deu 4:7–8, 1Pe 2:9–10, Eph 2:12, Rom 3:1–2, Eph 5:8, Act 14:16, Act 26:27