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also in verse 20">a</a></sup></span> </p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">How good it is to sing praises to our God,</p><p class="line2">how pleasant and fitting to praise him!</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> builds up Jerusalem;</p><p class="line2">he gathers the exiles of Israel.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He heals the brokenhearted</p><p class="line2">and binds up their wounds.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He determines the number of the stars</p><p class="line2">and calls them each by name.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Great is our Lord and mighty in power;</p><p class="line2">his understanding has no limit.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> sustains the humble</p><p class="line2">but casts the wicked to the ground.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Sing to the <span class="name">Lord</span> with grateful praise;</p><p class="line2">make music to our God on the harp.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He covers the sky with clouds;</p><p class="line2">he supplies the earth with rain</p><p class="line2">and makes grass grow on the hills.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He provides food for the cattle</p><p class="line2">and for the young ravens when they call.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,</p><p class="line2">nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>the <span class="name">Lord</span> delights in those who fear him,</p><p class="line2">who put their hope in his unfailing love.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Extol the <span class="name">Lord</span>, Jerusalem;</p><p class="line2">praise your God, Zion.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He strengthens the bars of your gates</p><p class="line2">and blesses your people within you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He grants peace to your borders</p><p class="line2">and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He sends his command to the earth;</p><p class="line2">his word runs swiftly.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He spreads the snow like wool</p><p class="line2">and scatters the frost like ashes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He hurls down his hail like pebbles.</p><p class="line2">Who can withstand his icy blast?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He sends his word and melts them;</p><p class="line2">he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He has revealed his word to Jacob,</p><p class="line2">his laws and decrees to Israel.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/147-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He has done this for no other nation;</p><p class="line2">they do not know his laws. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them">b</a></sup></span> </p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">Praise the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Hallelu Yah</i>; also in verse 20</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotebot">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint <i>nation; / he has not made his laws known to them</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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