Psalm 147 - Praying God's Word

Please read Psalm 147.

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Meditate on verse 1.

Praise the LORD!  For it is good to sing praises to our God;

for it is pleasant, and praise is becoming.

It is proper and fitting to praise the LORD, and this psalm tells you why.  Praise the LORD with Psalm 147, telling Him why He alone is worthy of your praise. 

“Praise the LORD!  It is good to sing praises to You, God. 

It is pleasant, and praise is becoming,

 so let __________ and me praise You forever.

LORD, You build up Jerusalem;

You gather the outcasts of Israel. 

You heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. 

You count the number of the stars;

You give names to all of them.

 Great are You, LORD, and abundant in strength. 

Your understanding is infinite.

  LORD, You support the afflicted;

You bring the wicked down to the ground. 

We sing to You with thanksgiving;

we sing praises on the lyre. 

You cover the heavens with clouds;

You provide rain for the earth

 and make grass grow on the mountains.

 You give to the beast its food

and to the young ravens which cry.

 You do not delight in the strength of the horse;

You do not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

 LORD, You favor those who fear You,

those who wait for Your lovingkindness.

 LORD, let that be our family! 

May Jerusalem and Zion praise You.

 Strengthen the bars of their gates

and bless their sons within them.

 Make peace in their borders

 and satisfy them with the finest of wheat.

 You send forth Your command to the earth. 

Your Word runs very swiftly.

 You give snow like wool. 

You scatter the frost like ashes.

 You cast forth Your ice as fragments;

 who can stand before Your cold? 

You send forth Your Word and melt them;

You cause Your wind to blow and the waters to flow.

 You declare Your Words to Jacob,

 Your statutes and Your ordinances to Israel and to us. 

Praise the LORD!”

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