Psalm 147 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

147 [a]Praise [b]the Lord!
For (A)it is good to sing praises to our God;
For [c]it is pleasant and praise is [d](B)beautiful.
2 The Lord (C)builds up Jerusalem;
He (D)gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the (E)brokenhearted
And (F)binds up their [e]wounds.
4 He (G)counts the number of the stars;
He [f](H)gives names to all of them.
5 (I)Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His (J)understanding is [g]infinite.
6 The Lord [h](K)supports the afflicted;
He brings the wicked down to the ground.

7 (L)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
8 It is He who (M)covers the heavens with clouds,
Who (N)provides rain for the earth,
Who (O)makes grass sprout on the mountains.
9 It is He who (P)gives an animal its food,
And feeds (Q)young ravens that cry.
10 He does not delight in [i]the strength of the (R)horse;
He (S)does not take pleasure in the [j]legs of a man.
11 The Lord (T)favors those who fear Him,
(U)Those who wait for His [k]faithfulness.

12 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
13 For He has strengthened the (V)bars of your gates;
He has (W)blessed your sons among you.
14 He (X)makes [l]peace in your borders;
He (Y)satisfies you with (Z)the [m]finest of the wheat.
15 He sends His (AA)command to the earth;
His (AB)word runs very swiftly.
16 He [n]showers (AC)snow like wool;
He scatters the (AD)frost like ashes.
17 He hurls His (AE)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His (AF)cold?
18 He (AG)sends His word and makes them melt;
He (AH)makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.
19 He (AI)declares His words to Jacob,
His (AJ)statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He (AK)has not dealt this way with any other nation;
And as for His judgments, [o]they have (AL)not known them.
[p]Praise [q]the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:1 Or Hallelujah!
  2. Psalm 147:1 Heb Yah
  3. Psalm 147:1 Or He is delightful
  4. Psalm 147:1 Or fitting
  5. Psalm 147:3 Lit pains
  6. Psalm 147:4 Or calls them all by their names
  7. Psalm 147:5 Lit innumerable
  8. Psalm 147:6 Or relieves
  9. Psalm 147:10 I.e., as a military asset
  10. Psalm 147:10 I.e., as a military asset
  11. Psalm 147:11 Or mercy
  12. Psalm 147:14 Lit your borders peace
  13. Psalm 147:14 Lit fat
  14. Psalm 147:16 Lit gives
  15. Psalm 147:20 I.e., the other nations
  16. Psalm 147:20 Or Hallelujah!
  17. Psalm 147:20 Heb Yah

Cross references

  1. Psalm 147:1 : Ps 92:1; 135:3
  2. Psalm 147:1 : Ps 33:1
  3. Psalm 147:2 : Ps 51:18; 102:16
  4. Psalm 147:2 : Deut 30:3; Ps 106:47; Is 11:12; 56:8; Ezek 39:28
  5. Psalm 147:3 : Ps 34:18; 51:17; Is 61:1
  6. Psalm 147:3 : Job 5:18; Is 30:26; Ezek 34:16
  7. Psalm 147:4 : Gen 15:5
  8. Psalm 147:4 : Is 40:26
  9. Psalm 147:5 : Ps 48:1; 145:3
  10. Psalm 147:5 : Is 40:28
  11. Psalm 147:6 : Ps 37:24; 146:8, 9
  12. Psalm 147:7 : Ps 33:2; 95:1, 2
  13. Psalm 147:8 : Job 26:8
  14. Psalm 147:8 : Job 5:10; 38:26; Ps 104:13
  15. Psalm 147:8 : Job 38:27; Ps 104:14
  16. Psalm 147:9 : Ps 104:27, 28; 145:15
  17. Psalm 147:9 : Job 38:41; Matt 6:26
  18. Psalm 147:10 : Ps 33:17
  19. Psalm 147:10 : 1 Sam 16:7
  20. Psalm 147:11 : Ps 149:4
  21. Psalm 147:11 : Ps 33:18
  22. Psalm 147:13 : Neh 3:3; 7:3
  23. Psalm 147:13 : Ps 37:26
  24. Psalm 147:14 : Ps 29:11; Is 54:13; 60:17, 18
  25. Psalm 147:14 : Ps 132:15
  26. Psalm 147:14 : Deut 32:14; Ps 81:16
  27. Psalm 147:15 : Job 37:12; Ps 148:5
  28. Psalm 147:15 : Ps 104:4
  29. Psalm 147:16 : Job 37:6; Ps 148:8
  30. Psalm 147:16 : Job 38:29
  31. Psalm 147:17 : Job 37:10
  32. Psalm 147:17 : Job 37:9
  33. Psalm 147:18 : Ps 33:9; 107:20; 147:15
  34. Psalm 147:18 : Ps 107:25
  35. Psalm 147:19 : Deut 33:3, 4
  36. Psalm 147:19 : Mal 4:4
  37. Psalm 147:20 : Deut 4:7, 8, 32-34; Rom 3:1, 2
  38. Psalm 147:20 : Ps 79:6; Jer 10:25

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