Psalm 147

New American Standard Bible 1995

^7 (L)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre,
⁸ Who ^(M)covers the heavens with clouds,
Who ^(N)provides rain for the earth,
Who ^(O)makes grass to ^[h]grow on the mountains.
⁹ He ^(P)gives to the beast its food,
And to the ^(Q)young ravens which cry.
¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the ^(R)horse;
He ^(S)does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹ The Lord ^(T)favors those who fear Him,
^(U)Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³ For He has strengthened the ^(V)bars of your gates;
He has ^(W)blessed your sons within you.
¹⁴ He ^(X)makes ^[i]peace in your borders;
He ^(Y)satisfies you with ^(Z)the ^[j]finest of the wheat.
¹⁵ He sends forth His ^(AA)command to the earth;
His ^(AB)word runs very swiftly.
¹⁶ He gives ^(AC)snow like wool;
He scatters the ^(AD)frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He casts forth His ^(AE)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His ^(AF)cold?
¹⁸ He ^(AG)sends forth His word and melts them;
He ^(AH)causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.
¹⁹ He ^(AI)declares His words to Jacob,
His ^(AJ)statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
²⁰ He ^(AK)has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His ordinances, they have ^(AL)not known them.
^[k]Praise ^[l]the Lord!