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World English Bible

Psalm 147 (WEBP)

[1] Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
[2] Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
[3] He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
[4] He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
[5] Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
[6] Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
[7] Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
[8] who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
[9] He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
[10] He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
[11] Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
[12] Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
[13] For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
[14] He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
[15] He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
[16] He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
[17] He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
[18] He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
[19] He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
[20] He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 147 (KJVS)

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

Psalm 147:3 Heb. griefs
Psalm 147:5 Heb. of his understanding there is no number
Psalm 147:14 Heb. who maketh thy border peace
Psalm 147:19 Heb. his words

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 147 (BYZ)

[1] Αλληλουια· () Αγγαιου καὶ () Ζαχαριου. () Αἰνεῖτε () τὸν () κύριον, () ὅτι () ἀγαθὸν () ψαλμός· () τῷ () θεῷ () ἡμῶν () ἡδυνθείη αἴνεσις. ()
[2] Οἰκοδομῶν () Ιερουσαλημ () ὁ () κύριος () καὶ () τὰς () διασπορὰς () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () ἐπισυνάξει, ()
[3] ὁ () ἰώμενος () τοὺς () συντετριμμένους () τὴν () καρδίαν () καὶ () δεσμεύων () τὰ () συντρίμματα () αὐτῶν, ()
[4] ὁ () ἀριθμῶν () πλήθη () ἄστρων, () καὶ () πᾶσιν () αὐτοῖς () ὀνόματα () καλῶν. ()
[5] Μέγας () ὁ () κύριος () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () μεγάλη () ἡ () ἰσχὺς () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () τῆς () συνέσεως () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἀριθμός. ()
[6] Ἀναλαμβάνων () πραεῖς ὁ () κύριος, () ταπεινῶν () δὲ () ἁμαρτωλοὺς () ἕως () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[7] Ἐξάρξατε τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἐν () ἐξομολογήσει, ψάλατε () τῷ () θεῷ () ἡμῶν () ἐν () κιθάρᾳ, ()
[8] τῷ () περιβάλλοντι () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () ἐν () νεφέλαις, () τῷ () ἑτοιμάζοντι () τῇ () γῇ () ὑετόν, () τῷ () ἐξανατέλλοντι () ἐν () ὄρεσι () χόρτον () [καὶ () χλόην τῇ () δουλείᾳ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων,] ()
[9] διδόντι () τοῖς () κτήνεσι () τροφὴν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τοῖς () νεοσσοῖς () τῶν () κοράκων () τοῖς () ἐπικαλουμένοις () αὐτόν. ()
[10] Οὐκ () ἐν () τῇ () δυναστείᾳ τοῦ () ἵππου () θελήσει () οὐδὲ () ἐν () ταῖς () κνήμαις τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () εὐδοκεῖ· ()
[11] εὐδοκεῖ () κύριος () ἐν () τοῖς () φοβουμένοις () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () ἐλπίζουσιν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () ἔλεος () αὐτοῦ. ()
[12] Αλληλουια· () Αγγαιου καὶ () Ζαχαριου. () Ἐπαίνει, () Ιερουσαλημ, () τὸν () κύριον, () αἴνει () τὸν () θεόν () σου, () Σιων, ()
[13] ὅτι () ἐνίσχυσεν () τοὺς () μοχλοὺς τῶν () πυλῶν () σου, () εὐλόγησεν () τοὺς () υἱούς () σου () ἐν () σοί· ()
[14] ὁ () τιθεὶς () τὰ () ὅριά () σου () εἰρήνην () καὶ () στέαρ πυροῦ ἐμπιπλῶν () σε· ()
[15] ὁ () ἀποστέλλων () τὸ () λόγιον () αὐτοῦ () τῇ () γῇ, () ἕως () τάχους () δραμεῖται () ὁ () λόγος () αὐτοῦ ()
[16] τοῦ () διδόντος () χιόνα () ὡσεὶ () ἔριον, () ὁμίχλην ὡσεὶ () σποδὸν () πάσσοντος,
[17] βάλλοντος () κρύσταλλον () αὐτοῦ () ὡσεὶ () ψωμούς, κατὰ () πρόσωπον () ψύχους () αὐτοῦ () τίς () ὑποστήσεται;
[18] Ἀποστελεῖ () τὸν () λόγον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τήξει () αὐτά· () πνεύσει () τὸ () πνεῦμα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ῥυήσεται () ὕδατα. ()
[19] Ἀπαγγέλλων () τὸν () λόγον () αὐτοῦ () τῷ () Ιακωβ, () δικαιώματα () καὶ () κρίματα () αὐτοῦ () τῷ () Ισραηλ. ()
[20] Οὐκ () ἐποίησεν () οὕτως () παντὶ () ἔθνει () καὶ () τὰ () κρίματα () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἐδήλωσεν () αὐτοῖς. ()

Psalm 147:1 Originally verse 146:1.
Psalm 147:2 Originally verse 146:2.
Psalm 147:3 Originally verse 146:3.
Psalm 147:4 Originally verse 146:4.
Psalm 147:5 Originally verse 146:5.
Psalm 147:6 Originally verse 146:6.
Psalm 147:7 Originally verse 146:7.
Psalm 147:8 Originally verse 146:8.
Psalm 147:9 Originally verse 146:9.
Psalm 147:10 Originally verse 146:10.
Psalm 147:11 Originally verse 146:11.
Psalm 147:12 Originally verse 147:1.
Psalm 147:13 Originally verse 147:2.
Psalm 147:14 Originally verse 147:3.
Psalm 147:15 Originally verse 147:4.
Psalm 147:16 Originally verse 147:5.
Psalm 147:17 Originally verse 147:6.
Psalm 147:18 Originally verse 147:7.
Psalm 147:19 Originally verse 147:8.
Psalm 147:20 Originally verse 147:9.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.