| Chapter 147 |
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Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely. --
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The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. --
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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. --
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He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names. --
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Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite. --
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The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. --
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Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: --
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Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. --
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He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry. --
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He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. --
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The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. --
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Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. --
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For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. --
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He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. --
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He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly. --
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He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. --
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He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? --
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He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow. --
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He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. --
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He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. --
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