Zabur 147
1Alhamdulillah!
How
good it is to sing praises to our God!
How pleasant and fitting it is to praise him!
2Allah builds up Jerusalem.
He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals the broken in heart,
And binds up their wounds.
4He counts the number of the stars.
He calls them all by their names.
5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.
His understanding is infinite.
6Allah upholds the humble.
He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7Sing to Allah with thanksgiving.
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8Who covers the sky with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
9He provides food for the cattle,
And for the young ravens when they call.
10He does not delight in the strength of
the horse.
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11Allah takes pleasure in those who fear
him,
In those who hope in his loving kindness.
12Praise Allah, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Al-Quds!
13For he has strengthened the bars of your
gates.
He has blessed your children within you.
14He makes peace in your borders.
He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15He sends out his commandment to the
earth.
His word runs very swiftly.
16He gives snow like wool,
And scatters frost like ashes.
17He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who can stand before his cold?
18He sends out his word, and melts them.
He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19He shows his word to Yaqub;
His statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
20He has not done this for just any
nation.
They do not know his ordinances.
Alhamdulillah!