{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/psalms/147","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:42:40.133Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":147,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":146,"nextChapter":148,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 147 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 147](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/147)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/147 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}