809Hb. Hallelujah; Similarly in vs. 20.
810Or, For he is good: sing praises unto our God; For he is gracious, and praise is comely.
8114QPsd (Vg.) add Praise to our God is comely;
147: 2 Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
147: 3 He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their 812wounds.
812Hb. sorrows.
147: 4 He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
147: 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
147: 6 Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
147: 7 Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,
147: 8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
147: 9 He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.
147: 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
147: 11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
147: 12 Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.
147: 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
147: 14 He maketh 813peace in thy borders; And he filleth thee with the 814finest of the wheat.
813Hb. thy border peace;
814Hb. fat of wheat.
147: 15 He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.
147: 16 He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
147: 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold?
147: 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
147: 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.
147: 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: 815He hath not revealed any ordinances to them. Praise ye Jehovah.
815So 11QPsa Sept. Aram., Vg. Massoretic reads And as for his ordinances, they have not known them.
