Psalms 147
1Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggæus and Zacharias. + 147:1 In the original text, the following verses are numbered 12 to 20. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.
2For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.
3He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the + 147:3 Lit. fat of wheat.flour of wheat.
4He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
5He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
6Casting forth his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?
7He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.
8He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.
9He has not done so to + 147:9 Gr. every.any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.