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

(ESV)