Psalms 147

The AIT Bible

God Heals and Restores Israel

1Praise Yah! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is fitting.

2Yahweh is the builder of Jerusalem; he gathers the scattered ones of Israel.

3He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds.

4He counts the number of the stars; he calls names to all of them.

5Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; to his understanding there is no number.

6Yahweh lifts up the humble; he brings the wicked down to the ground.

7Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; make music to our God with the lyre.

8He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes the mountains sprout grass.

9He gives to the animal its food, to the young ravens that call out.

10He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who wait for his loyal love.

12Praise Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!

13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.

14He who makes your border peace; with the finest of wheat he satisfies you.

15He who sends his word to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

16He who gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.

17He hurls down his ice like crumbs; before his cold, who can stand?

18He sends out his word and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and waters flow.

19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.

20He has not done so for any nation; and his judgments—they do not know them. Praise Yah!

Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.

allusion Isaiah 61:1 — Both speak of God binding up and healing the broken-hearted.
allusion Isaiah 40:26 — Both declare that God counts/numbers the stars and calls each by name.
allusion Isaiah 40:28 — Both affirm that God's understanding is unsearchable/beyond number.
echoed in Isaiah 40:12 — Both describe God numbering the stars and calling them all by name.
thematic Deuteronomy 30:3 — Both describe God gathering the scattered exiles of Israel back to their land.
thematic Isaiah 56:8 — Shared motif of God gathering the outcasts/dispersed of Israel.
thematic Isaiah 40:27 — Both affirm the unsearchable, immeasurable greatness of God's understanding.
thematic Luke 1:52 — Both express God lifting up the humble and bringing down the wicked/proud.
thematic Psalms 145:1 — Both declare Yahweh's greatness as beyond measure/understanding.

parallel Psalms 104:14 — Both describe God causing grass to grow and providing rain for the earth.
allusion Job 38:41 — Both describe God providing food for the ravens that cry out.
allusion Luke 12:24 — Jesus alludes to God feeding the ravens as evidence of his provision.
allusion Psalms 33:18 — Both affirm God's pleasure in those who fear him and hope in his loyal love.
thematic Job 38:39 — Both depict God providing food for the raven and its crying young.
thematic Psalms 33:16 — Both deny that God delights in military strength such as the horse.
thematic Psalms 149:1 — Both affirm that Yahweh takes pleasure in his people rather than in might.

thematic Deuteronomy 4:7 — Both stress that God gave his statutes and judgments uniquely to Israel among the nations.
thematic Isaiah 55:10 — Both personify God's word as sent forth to the earth to accomplish his purpose.
thematic Romans 3:1 — Both affirm Israel's unique privilege in receiving God's oracles/law not given to other nations.