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title: Psalm 147
slug: kjv/psalm-147
createdAt: 2024-08-28T02:12:17.957Z
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**1 **Praise ye the LORD: for *it is* good to sing praises unto our God; for *it is* pleasant; *and* praise is comely.

**2 **The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

**3 **He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

**4 **He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by *their* names.

**5 **Great *is* our Lord, and of great power: his understanding *is* infinite.

**6 **The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

**7 **Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

**8 **Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

**9 **He giveth to the beast his food, *and* to the young ravens which cry.

**10 **He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

**11 **The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

**12 **Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

**13 **For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

**14 **He maketh peace *in* thy borders, *and* filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

**15 **He sendeth forth his commandment *upon* earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

**16 **He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

**17 **He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

**18 **He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, *and* the waters flow.

**19 **He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

**20 **He hath not dealt so with any nation: and *as for his* judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.