Psalmen 147

1. ¹Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
2. ²Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.
3. ³He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4. ⁴He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.
5. ⁵Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6. ⁶Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.
7. ⁷Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:
8. ⁸Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
9. ⁹Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.
10. ¹⁰He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;
11. ¹¹Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.
12. ¹²Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13. ¹³For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;
14. ¹⁴He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15. ¹⁵He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16. ¹⁶He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;
17. ¹⁷He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18. ¹⁸He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow -- the waters flow.
19. ¹⁹He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20. ²⁰He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [ergänzt: his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!

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