(147) Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias.
1Praise you⌃ the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.
2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
4He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
5Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.
6The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.
7Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:
8who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [1and green herb for the service of men;]
9and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.
10He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.
11The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.
- See Ps 103 (104) 14.
Text: the Septuagint in the translation of Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton (1851), revised in American English by Michael Paul Johnson (LXX2012). Public domain. The Old Testament of the Eastern Orthodox Bible is in preparation.
