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Psalm 147:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 147:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 The Lord restores Jerusalem
and gathers together the dispersed people of Israel.[a]
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds.[b]
4 He fixes the number of the stars
and assigns a name to each.[c]
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:2 See Deut 30:3f; Isa 11:12; 56:8; Jer 31:10; Dan 9:25.
- Psalm 147:3 See Job 5:18; Isa 30:26; 61:1; Jer 33:6; Ezek 34:16. Brokenhearted: e.g., those in exile (see Ps 137) and those who returned from exile and attempted to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (see Neh 2:17-20; 4:1-17).
- Psalm 147:4 See Gen 15:5; Isa 40:26; Bar 3:34f. In this connection, scholars cite the Wisdom of Ahiqar (VIII, 116): “Numerous are the stars of heaven, and no one knows their names.”
