Through My Bible Yr 02 – December 25

Through My Bible – December 25

Psalm 147 (EHV)

See series: Through My Bible

¹ Praise the Lord. ^[1]

How good it is to make music to our God.
Yes, praise is pleasant and fitting!
² The one who builds Jerusalem is the Lord.
He assembles the outcasts of Israel.
³ He is the one who heals the brokenhearted
and who bandages their wounds.
⁴ He counts the number of the stars.
He calls them all by name.
⁵ Great is our Lord and mighty in power.
To his understanding there is no limit.
⁶ The one who sustains the humble is the Lord.
He pushes the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Respond to the Lord with thanksgiving.
Make music to our God on the lyre.
⁸ He is the one who covers the sky with clouds.
He determines rain for the earth.
He makes grass sprout on the mountains.
⁹ He gives their food to the cattle
and to the young ravens when they call.
¹⁰ He is not impressed by the strength of the horse.
He is not pleased with the legs of a man.
¹¹ The Lord is pleased with those who fear him,
those who wait for his mercy.

¹² Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem.
Praise your God, O Zion,
¹³ because he strengthens the bars on your gates.
He blesses your children within you.
¹⁴ He brings peace to your borders.
He satisfies you with the best wheat.
¹⁵ He sends his message to the earth.
His word runs swiftly.
¹⁶ He gives snow like wool.
He scatters frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He sends his hail like pieces of bread.
Who can stand in the face of his cold winds?
¹⁸ He sends his word, and the ice melts.
He breathes on the snow. ^[2] The waters flow. ^[3]
19 He reveals his words to Jacob,
his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
²⁰ He has not done this for any other nation.
They do not know his judgments.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 147:1 Hebrew hallelu Yah
2. Psalm 147:18 Or he sends his wind on them
3. Psalm 147:18 The words ice and snow are added to clarify the antecedents.