v[See ver. 1 above]
bk[See Ps. 147:20 above]

Psalms 146

Put Not Your Trust in Princes

1 aPraise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2I will praise the Lord bas long as I live;
cI will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 dPut not your trust in princes,
ein a son of man, in whom there is fno salvation.
4When ghis breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
5 hBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose ihope is in the Lord his God,
6 jwho made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
kwho keeps faith forever;
7 lwho executes justice for the oppressed,
mwho gives food to the hungry.
nThe Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 othe Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
pThe Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
qthe Lord loves the righteous.
9 rThe Lord watches over the sojourners;
she upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but tthe way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10 uThe Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
vPraise the Lord!

Psalms 147

He Heals the Brokenhearted

1 wPraise the Lord!
For xit is good to sing praises to our God;
for yit is pleasant,
Or  for he is beautiful
and aaa song of praise is fitting.
2The Lord abbuilds up Jerusalem;
he acgathers the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals adthe brokenhearted
and aebinds up their wounds.
4He afdetermines the number of the stars;
he aggives to all of them their names.
5 ahGreat is our Lord, and aiabundant in power;
ajhis understanding is beyond measure.
6The Lord aklifts up the humble;
Or afflicted

he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 amSing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on anthe lyre!
8He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares aorain for the earth;
he makes apgrass grow on the hills.
9He aqgives to the beasts their food,
and to arthe young ravens that cry.
10His delight is not in asthe strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11but the Lord attakes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who auhope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13For he strengthens avthe bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14He awmakes peace in your borders;
he axfills you with the ayfinest of the wheat.
15He azsends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16He gives basnow like wool;
he scatters bbfrost like ashes.
17He hurls down his crystals of bcice like crumbs;
who can stand before his bdcold?
18He besends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19He declares his word to Jacob,
his bfstatutes and rules
Or  and just decrees
to Israel.
20He bhhas not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.
Or  his just decrees

bjPraise the Lord!

Psalms 148

Praise the Name of the Lord

1 bkPraise the Lord!
Praise the Lord blfrom the heavens;
praise him bmin the heights!
2Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his bnhosts!
3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
4Praise him, you bohighest heavens,
and you bpwaters above the heavens!
5 bqLet them praise the name of the Lord!
For brhe commanded and they were created.
6And he bsestablished them forever and ever;
he gave bta decree, and it shall not bupass away.
Or  it shall not be transgressed

7 Praise the Lord bwfrom the earth,
you bxgreat sea creatures and all deeps,
8 byfire and hail, bzsnow and mist,
castormy wind cbfulfilling his word!
9 ccMountains and all hills,
cdfruit trees and all cecedars!
10 cfBeasts and all livestock,
creeping things and cgflying birds!
11 Kings of the earth and chall peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
12Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!
13 ciLet them praise the name of the Lord,
for cjhis name alone is exalted;
ckhis majesty is above earth and heaven.
14He has clraised up a horn for his people,
cmpraise for all his saints,
for the people of Israel who are cnnear to him.
coPraise the Lord!
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