KJ3 Literal Translation

Psalms 147

The prophet exhorts to praise Jehovah for His care of the elect, for His power and for His blessings.

20 verses · word-for-word from the Hebrew and Greek · free to read

1Praise Jah! for it is good to sing praise to our God, because praise is delightful and becoming.

2Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

3He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their sorrows.

4He appoints the number of the stars; He calls to them by names.

5Our Lord is great and of great might; there is no numbering to His understanding.

6Jehovah relieves the humble; He throws the wicked ones down to the ground.

7Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praise on the lyre to our God,

8who covers the heavens with clouds; who prepares rain for the earth; who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

9He gives the animals their food, to the young ravens that cry.

10He takes no delight in the strength of the horse, and not any pleasure in the legs of a man.

11Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, those who hope in His mercy.

12Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.

13For He has made strong the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you.

14He sets up peace in your border, He satisfies you with the fat of the wheat.

15He sends His command out on the earth, until His Word runs very swiftly;

16He gives snow like wool; He scatters the white frost like ashes;

17He casts out His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?

18He sends out His Word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19He declares His Word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

20He has not done so with any nation; and they have not known His judgments. Praise Jah!

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