Psalm 147
God Restores Jerusalem
1 Hallelujah!
How good it is to sing to our God,
for praise is pleasant and lovely.
He gathers Israel’s exiled people.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars;
He gives names to all of them.
5 Our Lord is great, vast in power;
His understanding is infinite.[a]
6 The Lord helps the afflicted
but brings the wicked to the ground.
play the lyre to our God,
8 who covers the sky with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 He provides the animals with their food,
and the young ravens, what they cry for.
He does not value the power[b] of a man.
11 The Lord values those who fear Him,
those who put their hope in His faithful love.
praise your God, Zion!
13 For He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses your children within you.
14 He endows your territory with prosperity;[c]
He satisfies you with the finest wheat.
His word runs swiftly.
16 He spreads snow like wool;
He scatters frost like ashes;
17 He throws His hailstones like crumbs.
Who can withstand His cold?
18 He sends His word and melts them;
He unleashes His winds,[d] and the waters flow.
His statutes and judgments to Israel.
20 He has not done this for any nation;
they do not know[e] His judgments.
Hallelujah!
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:5 Lit understanding has no number
- Psalm 147:10 Lit legs
- Psalm 147:14 Or peace
- Psalm 147:18 Or breath
- Psalm 147:20 DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg read He has not made known to them