Psalms 147
Theme: What gives God joy? Although God created everything, his greatest joy comes from our genuine worship and trust.
1Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. +
2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. +
3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. +
5Great is our LORD, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. +
6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. +
9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. +
10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. +
11The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. +
14He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. +
15He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. +
16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. +
20He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. +