The saints' song of praise to tell what Jehovah is
In Psalm 147 the saints take their place now in Jerusalem and
Zion to say what He is. He is their God; He builds up Jerusalem and
gathers together the outcasts of Israel, healing the broken in heart
and binding up their wounds. In verses 4, 5 His greatness is
celebrated and His goodness and judgment; in verses 7-9, His
goodness in blessing the earth; in verses 1, His pleasure, not in
animal strength, but in them that fear Him. In verse 12, the song of
praise returns to celebrate His ways towards Jerusalem again; in
verses 15-18, His dealings with the seasons in power; in verses 19,
20, His showing His word and judgments to Jacob as He had not done
to any nation. They might have seen the creative and providential
power of Jacob's God, but His mind and laws were His people's.
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