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diff --git a/bible/base_files/engBBE_020_PSA_147_read.txt b/bible/base_files/engBBE_020_PSA_147_read.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba74c28 --- /dev/null +++ b/bible/base_files/engBBE_020_PSA_147_read.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Psalms. +Chapter 147. +Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful. +The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together. +He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds. +He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names. +Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom. +The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame. +Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music. +By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains. +He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry. +He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. +The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy. +Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion. +He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls. +He gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain. +He sends out his orders to the earth; his word goes out quickly. +He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust. +He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold. +At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters. +He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions. +He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised. |
