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