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He Heals the Brokenhearted

 Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant,^[a] and a song of praise is fitting.
² The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
³ He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
⁵ Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
⁶ The Lord lifts up the humble;^[b]
he casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
⁸ He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth;
he makes grass grow on the hills.
⁹ He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
¹⁰ His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
¹¹ but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³ For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses 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 command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
¹⁶ He gives snow like wool;
he scatters frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
who can stand before his cold?
¹⁸ He sends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
¹⁹ He declares his word to Jacob,
his statutes and rules^[c] to Israel.
²⁰ He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.^[d]
Praise the Lord!

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 147:1 Or for he is beautiful
2. Psalm 147:6 Or afflicted
3. Psalm 147:19 Or and just decrees
4. Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees

Cross references:

1. Psalm 147:1 : See Ps. 135:1
2. Psalm 147:1 : Ps. 92:1
3. Psalm 147:1 : Ps. 135:3
4. Psalm 147:1 : Ps. 33:1
5. Psalm 147:2 : Ps. 51:18; 102:16
6. Psalm 147:2 : Deut. 30:3; Isa. 11:12; 27:13; 56:8; Ezek. 39:28
7. Psalm 147:3 : Ps. 34:18
8. Psalm 147:3 : Ezek. 34:16
9. Psalm 147:4 : [Gen. 15:5]
10. Psalm 147:4 : Isa. 40:26
11. Psalm 147:5 : Ps. 48:1
12. Psalm 147:5 : Nah. 1:3
13. Psalm 147:5 : Isa. 40:28; [Job 5:9]
14. Psalm 147:6 : [Ps. 146:8, 9]
15. Psalm 147:7 : Ex. 15:21; [Ps. 95:1, 2]
16. Psalm 147:7 : See 1 Chr. 15:16
17. Psalm 147:8 : See Job 5:10
18. Psalm 147:8 : Ps. 104:14; Job 38:27
19. Psalm 147:9 : Ps. 104:27, 28
20. Psalm 147:9 : See Job 38:41
21. Psalm 147:10 : Ps. 33:17
22. Psalm 147:11 : Ps. 149:4
23. Psalm 147:11 : Ps. 33:18
24. Psalm 147:13 : Neh. 7:3
25. Psalm 147:14 : Ex. 34:24; Prov. 16:7; Isa. 60:17, 18
26. Psalm 147:14 : Ps. 132:15
27. Psalm 147:14 : Ps. 81:16; Deut. 32:14
28. Psalm 147:15 : [Ps. 148:8]
29. Psalm 147:16 : Job 37:6
30. Psalm 147:16 : [Job 38:29]
31. Psalm 147:17 : Job 37:10
32. Psalm 147:17 : Job 37:9
33. Psalm 147:18 : ver. 15; [Job 37:12]; See Ps. 33:9; 107:20
34. Psalm 147:19 : Mal. 4:4; [Ps. 78:5]; See Deut. 33:2-4
35. Psalm 147:20 : Deut. 4:7; See Deut. 4:32-34
36. Psalm 147:20 : See Ps. 135:1