Psalm 147:1-20 - Praise To Yahweh For His Providence

¹ Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and becoming.

² Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. ³ He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds. ⁴ He appoints the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names. ⁵ Great is our LORD, and of great power; There is no limit to His understanding. ⁶ Jehovah lifts up the meek; He throws the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God, ⁸ who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. ⁹ He gives the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.

¹⁰ He delights not in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, who hope in His mercy.

¹² Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. ¹³ For He has made the bars of your gates strong; He has blessed your sons within you. ¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends forth His Commandment on earth; His Word runs very swiftly. ¹⁶ He gives snow like wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. ¹⁷ He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? ¹⁸ He sends out His Word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He shows His Word to Jacob, His Precepts and His judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He has not done so with any nation; and they have not known His judgments. Praise Jehovah!