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class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> builds up Jerusalem;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he gathers the outcasts of Israel.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>He heals the brokenhearted,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and binds up their wounds.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>He determines the number of the stars;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he gives to all of them their names.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">his understanding is beyond measure.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> lifts up the downtrodden;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he casts the wicked to the ground.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Sing to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> with thanksgiving;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">make melody to our God on the lyre.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>He covers the heavens with clouds,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">prepares rain for the earth,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">makes grass grow on the hills.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>He gives to the animals their food,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and to the young ravens when they cry.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>His delight is not in the strength of the horse,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18432a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>but the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> takes pleasure in those who fear him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in those who hope in his steadfast love.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, O Jerusalem!</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">Praise your God, O Zion!</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>For he strengthens the bars of your gates;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he blesses your children within you.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>He grants peace<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-18436b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> within your borders;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he fills you with the finest of wheat.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>He sends out his command to the earth;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">his word runs swiftly.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>He gives snow like wool;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he scatters frost like ashes.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>He hurls down hail like crumbs—</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">who can stand before his cold?</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>He sends out his word, and melts them;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>He declares his word to Jacob,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">his statutes and ordinances to Israel.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>He has not dealt thus with any other nation;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they do not know his ordinances.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 147:10">Psalm 147:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>legs of a person</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 147:14">Psalm 147:14</a> <span 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