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Psalm 147:12-14
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12 [a]Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
    Glorify your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates
    and blesses your children within you.[b]
14 He brings peace to your borders
    and fills you with the finest of wheat.[c]

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  1. Psalm 147:12 The psalmist stresses that God is to be praised because he has brought about restoration, security, peace, and prosperity, for he alone commands the forces of nature.
  2. Psalm 147:13 See Pss 48:14; 128:5; Isa 65:18f; Jer 33:10f.
  3. Psalm 147:14 See Ps 81:17 and note; Lev 26:6.
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