12 Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;(A)
    praise your God, Zion.

13 He strengthens the bars of your gates(B)
    and blesses your people(C) within you.
14 He grants peace(D) to your borders
    and satisfies you(E) with the finest of wheat.(F)

15 He sends his command(G) to the earth;
    his word runs(H) swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow(I) like wool
    and scatters the frost(J) like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail(K) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word(L) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,(M) and the waters flow.

19 He has revealed his word(N) to Jacob,(O)
    his laws and decrees(P) to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;(Q)
    they do not know(R) his laws.[a]

Praise the Lord.(S)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them

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.

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