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Psalm 147

1 Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggeus and Zacharias.[1]

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem;

praise thy God, O Sion.

2 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates;

he hath blessed thy children within thee.

3 He maketh thy borders peaceful,

and filleth thee with the [2]flour of wheat.

4 He sendeth his oracle to the earth:

his word will run swiftly.

5 He giveth snow like wool:

he scattereth the mist like ashes.

6 Casting forth his ice like morsels:

who shall stand before his cold?

7 He shall send out his word, and melt them:

he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.

8 He sendeth his word to Jacob,

his ordinances and judgments to Israel.

9 He hath not done so to [3]any other nation;

and he hath not shown them his judgments.

Notes

  1. 147:1 In the original text, the following verses are numbered 12 to 20. ↩
  2. 147:3 flour of wheat: lit. fat of wheat ↩
  3. 147:9 any other: Gr. every ↩