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Alleluia! Praise Yahweh—it is good to sing psalms
to our God—how pleasant to praise him.
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Praise to the Lord the Almighty. Psalm 147a(v146)
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| 2 |
Yahweh, Builder of Jerusalem!
He gathers together the exiles of Israel,
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| 3 |
healing the broken-hearted
and binding up their wounds;
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he counts out the number of the stars,
and gives each one of them a name. |
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| 5 |
Our Lord is great, all-powerful,
his wisdom beyond all telling.
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| 6 |
Yahweh sustains the poor,
and humbles the wicked to the ground. |
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| 7 |
Sing to Yahweh in thanksgiving,
play the harp for our God. |
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| 8 |
He veils the sky with clouds,
and provides the earth with rain,
makes grass grow on the hills
and plants for people to use,
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| 9 |
gives fodder to cattle
and to young ravens when they cry. |
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| 10 |
He takes no delight in the power of horses,
no pleasure in human sturdiness;
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| 11 |
his pleasure is in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his faithful love. |
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| 12 |
Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem,
Zion, praise your God. |
Praise to the Lord the Almighty. Psalm 147b(v147)
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| 13 |
For he gives strength to the bars of your gates,
he blesses your children within you,
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| 14 |
he maintains the peace of your frontiers,
gives you your fill of finest wheat. |
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| 15 |
He sends his word to the earth,
his command runs quickly,
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| 16 |
he spreads the snow like flax,
strews hoarfrost like ashes, |
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| 17 |
he sends ice-crystals like breadcrumbs,
and who can withstand that cold?
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| 18 |
When he sends his word it thaws them,
when he makes his wind blow, the waters are unstopped. |
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| 19 |
He reveals his word to Jacob,
his statutes and judgements to Israel.
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| 20 |
For no other nation has he done this,
no other has known his judgements. |
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