The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 147
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Praise the Lord, Jerusalem; Sion, exalt thy God!
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He it is that bolts thy gates fast, and blesses thy children, who dwell safe in thee;
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that makes thy land a land of peace, and gives thee full ears of wheat to sustain thee.
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See how he issues his command to the earth, how swift his word runs!
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Now he spreads a pall of snow, covers earth with an ashy veil of rime,
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doles out the scattered crusts of ice, binds the waters at the onset of his frost.
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Then, at his word, all melts away; a breath from him, and the waters flow!
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This is the God who makes his word known to Jacob, gives Israel ruling and decree.
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Not such his dealings with any other nation; nowhere else the revelation of his will. Alleluia.
