Psalm 146-147

New American Standard Bible

The Lord, an Abundant Helper.

146 ^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord!
^(A)Praise the Lord, my soul!
²I will praise the Lord ^(B)while I live;
I will ^(C)sing praises to my God while I ^[c]have my being.
³^(D)Do not trust in noblemen,
In ^[d]mortal ^(E)man, in whom there is ^(F)no salvation.
⁴His ^(G)spirit departs, he ^(H)returns to ^[e]the earth;
On that very day his ^(I)plans perish.
⁵^(J)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose ^(K)hope is in the Lord his God,
⁶Who ^(L)made heaven and earth,
The ^(M)sea and everything that is in them;
Who ^(N)keeps ^[f]faith forever;
⁷Who ^(O)executes justice for the oppressed;
Who ^(P)gives food to the hungry.
The Lord ^(Q)frees the prisoners.

⁸The Lord ^(R)opens the eyes of those who are blind;
The Lord ^(S)raises up those who are bowed down;
The Lord ^(T)loves the righteous.
⁹The Lord ^(U)watches over strangers;
He ^[g]^(V)supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He ^[h]thwarts ^(W)the way of the wicked.
¹⁰The Lord will ^(X)reign forever,
Your God, Zion, to all generations.
^[i]Praise ^[j]the Lord!

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

147 ^[k]Praise ^[l]the Lord!
For ^(Y)it is good to sing praises to our God;
For ^[m]it is pleasant and praise is ^[n]^(Z)beautiful.
²The Lord ^(AA)builds up Jerusalem;
He ^(AB)gathers the outcasts of Israel.
³He heals the ^(AC)brokenhearted
And ^(AD)binds up their ^[o]wounds.
⁴He ^(AE)counts the number of the stars;
He ^[p]^(AF)gives names to all of them.
⁵^(AG)Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His ^(AH)understanding is ^[q]infinite.
⁶The Lord ^[r]^(AI)supports the afflicted;
He brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁷^(AJ)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
⁸It is He who ^(AK)covers the heavens with clouds,
Who ^(AL)provides rain for the earth,
Who ^(AM)makes grass sprout on the mountains.
⁹It is He who ^(AN)gives an animal its food,
And feeds ^(AO)young ravens that cry.
¹⁰He does not delight in ^[s]the strength of the ^(AP)horse;
He ^(AQ)does not take pleasure in the ^[t]legs of a man.
¹¹The Lord ^(AR)favors those who fear Him,
^(AS)Those who wait for His ^[u]faithfulness.

¹²Praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
¹³For He has strengthened the ^(AT)bars of your gates;
He has ^(AU)blessed your sons among you.
¹⁴He ^(AV)makes ^[v]peace in your borders;
He ^(AW)satisfies you with ^(AX)the ^[w]finest of the wheat.
¹⁵He sends His ^(AY)command to the earth;
His ^(AZ)word runs very swiftly.
¹⁶He ^[x]showers ^(BA)snow like wool;
He scatters the ^(BB)frost like ashes.
¹⁷He hurls His ^(BC)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His ^(BD)cold?
¹⁸He ^(BE)sends His word and makes them melt;
He ^(BF)makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.
¹⁹He ^(BG)declares His words to Jacob,
His ^(BH)statutes and His judgments to Israel.
²⁰He ^(BI)has not dealt this way with any other nation;
And as for His judgments, ^[y]they have ^(BJ)not known them.
^[z]Praise ^[aa]the Lord!