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		Ps 147:1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.
		Ps 147:2 The LORD is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.
		Ps 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow]. [Ps 34:18; Is 57:15; 61:1; Luke 4:18]
		Ps 147:4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.
		Ps 147:5 Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].
		Ps 147:6 The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.
		Ps 147:7 ¶ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God with the lyre,
		Ps 147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
		Ps 147:9 He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens that for which they cry.
		Ps 147:10 He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.
		Ps 147:11 The LORD favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness. [Ps 145:20]
		Ps 147:12 ¶ Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
		Ps 147:13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.
		Ps 147:14 He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.
		Ps 147:15 He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.
		Ps 147:16 He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.
		Ps 147:17 He casts out His ice like fragments; Who can stand before His cold?
		Ps 147:18 He sends out His word and melts the ice; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.
		Ps 147:19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. [Mal 4:4]
		Ps 147:20 He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) [Ps 79:6; Jer 10:25]

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