Psalms, 147

1. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem; Sion, exalt thy God!

2. He it is that bolts thy gates fast, and blesses thy children, who dwell safe in thee;

3. that makes thy land a land of peace, and gives thee full ears of wheat to sustain thee.

4. See how he issues his command to the earth, how swift his word runs!

5. Now he spreads a pall of snow, covers earth with an ashy veil of rime,

6. doles out the scattered crusts of ice, binds the waters at the onset of his frost.

7. Then, at his word, all melts away; a breath from him, and the waters flow!

8. This is the God who makes his word known to Jacob, gives Israel ruling and decree.

9. Not such his dealings with any other nation; nowhere else the revelation of his will. Alleluia.