Psalms 147 / 150
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(He Heals the Brokenhearted)
Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
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The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
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He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
- 4
He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
- 5
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
- 6
The Lord lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
- 7
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
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He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.
- 9
He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
- 10
His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
- 11
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
- 12
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
- 13
For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
- 14
He makes peace in your borders;
he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
- 15
He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
- 16
He gives snow like wool;
he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
- 17
He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?
- 18
He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
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He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and rules to Israel.
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He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.
Praise the Lord!