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Psalms 147
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1Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggæus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.
1Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Sion.
2For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.
2For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
3He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat.
3He makes your borders peaceful, and fills you with the flour of wheat.
4He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
4He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
5He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
5He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
6Casting [forth] his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?
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.
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.
8He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.
9He has not done so to any [other] nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.
9He has not done so to any [other] nation; and he has not shown them his judgments.