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147:12 Extol <07623> the Lord <03068>, O Jerusalem <03389>! Praise <01984> your God <0430>, O Zion <06726>! 147:13 For <03588> he makes <02388> the bars <01280> of your gates <08179> strong <02388>. He blesses <01288> your children <01121> within <07130> you. 147:14 He brings <07760> peace <07965> to your territory <01366>. He abundantly provides <07646> for you the best <02459> grain <02406>. 147:15 He sends <07971> his command <0565> through the earth <0776>; swiftly <04120> his order <01697> reaches <07323> its destination. 147:16 He sends <05414> the snow <07950> that is white like wool <06785>; he spreads <06340> the frost <03713> that is white like ashes <0665>. 147:17 He throws <07993> his hailstones <07140> like crumbs <06595>. Who <04310> can withstand <05975> the cold <07135> wind he sends? 147:18 He then orders <01697> <07971> it all to melt <04529>; he breathes <07307> <05380> on it, and the water <04325> flows <05140>. 147:19 He proclaims <05046> his word <01697> to Jacob <03290>, his statutes <02706> and regulations <04941> to Israel <03478>. 147:20 He has not <03808> done <06213> so <03651> with any <03605> other nation <01471>; they are not <01077> aware <03045> of his regulations <04941>. Praise <01984> the Lord <03050>!

• Psa 147:1-20 -- Psalm 147

• Praise

  [nave] PRAISE Song of Moses, after the passage of the Red Sea, Ex. 15:1-19. Of Miriam, Ex. 15:21. Of Deborah, after defeating the Canaanites, Judg. 5. Of Haah, 1 Sam. 2:1-10. Of David, celebrating his deliverance from the hand ...
  

• VULGATE

  [isbe] VULGATE - vul'-gat: I. NAME AND ITS HISTORY 1. Present Usage 2. Earlier Usage 3. Post-Hieronymic 4. Historical Importance of the Vulgate II. ORIGIN 1. Corruption and Confusion of Old Versions 2. Heresy 3. Inevitable Separati...
  

• HAGGAI

  [isbe] HAGGAI - hag'-a-i, hag'-a-i (chaggay, an adjective formed from chagh, "feast"): 1. Name: The word "Haggai" may mean "festal," the prophet having been born perhaps on a festival day; compare the Roman name "Festus." Hebrew pr...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• WISDOM

  [isbe] WISDOM - wiz'-dum: 1. Linguistic 2. History 3. Religious Basis 4. Ideals 5. Teaching of Christ 6. Remainder of the New Testament (1) James (2) Paul 7. Hypostasis LITERATURE 1. Linguistic: In the Revised Version (British and ...
  

• TRINITY, 1

  [isbe] TRINITY, 1 - trin'-i-ti 1. The Term "Trinity" 2. Purely a Revealed Doctrine 3. No Rational Proof of It 4. Finds Support in Reason 5. Not Clearly Revealed in the Old Testament 6. Prepared for in the Old Testament 7. Presuppos...
  

• Ice

  [ebd] frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See CRYSTAL.)
  [isbe] ICE - is (qerach): Ice is almost unknown in Palestine and Syria except on the highest mountains. At moderate heights of less than 4,000 ft. a little ice may form during the night in winter, but the warm rays of the sun melt ...
  [nave] ICE, Job 6:16; 38:29; Psa. 147:17; Prov. 25:13.
  

• Wheat

  [ebd] one of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name hittah, and was extensively cultivated in Palestine. There are various species of wheat. That which Pharaoh saw in his dream was the Triticum compositum, which b...
  [smith] the well-known valuable cereal, cultivated from the earliest times, is first mentioned in ((Genesis 30:14) in the account of Jacob?s sojourn with Laban in Mesopotamia. Egypt in ancient times was celebrated for the growth of i...
  [nave] WHEAT, Rev. 6:6. Grown in Palestine, 1 Kin. 5:11; Psa. 81:16; 147:14. Offerings of, Num. 18:12. Prophecy of the sale of a measure of, for a pey, Rev. 6:6. Parables of, Matt. 13:25; Luke 16:7. Wiowing of, Matt. 3:12; Lu...
  

• Frost

  [ebd] (Heb. kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (R.V., "ice"); Gen. 31:40; Jer. 36:30; rendered "ice" in Job 6:16, 38:29; and "crystal" in Ezek. 1:22. "At the present day frost is entirely unknown in the lower portions of the va...
  [isbe] FROST - frost (kephor, "hoar-frost," Ex 16:14; Job 38:29; chanamal, perhaps "the aphis," Ps 78:47; qerach, "cold," Gen 31:40; Job 37:10 the King James Version; Jer 36:30): 1. Formation: A temperature of freezing or lower is ...
  [nave] FROST Ex. 16:14; Job 38:29; Psa. 147:16; Jer. 36:30; Zech. 14:6
  

• Word of God

  [nave] WORD OF GOD Called Book, Psa. 40:7; Rev. 22:19; Book of the Lord, Isa. 34:16; Book of the Law, Neh. 8:3; Gal. 3:10; Good Word of God, Heb. 6:5; Holy Scriptures, Rom. 1:2; 2 Tim. 3:15; Law of the Lord, Psa. 1:2; Isa. 30:9; Or...
  

• WORD

  [isbe] WORD - wurd: The commonest term in the Old Testament for "word" is dabhar (also "matter" "thing"); in the New Testament logos ("reason," "discourse," "speech"); but also frequently rhema. Rhema is a "word" in itself consider...
  

• Nation

  [nave] NATION Sins of, Isa. 30:1, 2. Chastised, Isa. 14:26, 27; Jer. 5:29; 18:6-10; 25:12-33; Ezek. 2:3-5; 39:23, 24; Dan. 7:9-12; 9:3-16; Hos. 7:12; Joel 1:1-20; Amos 9:9; Zeph. 3:6, 8. Perish, Psa. 9:17; Isa. 60:12. National a...
  

• SNOW

  [ebd] Common in Palestine in winter (Ps. 147:16). The snow on the tops of the Lebanon range is almost always within view throughout the whole year. The word is frequently used figuratively by the sacred writers (Job 24:19; Ps. 51:...
  [smith] This historical books of the Bible contain only two notices of snow actually falling -- (2 Samuel 23:20) 1Macc 13:22; but the allusions in the poetical books are so numerous that there can be no doubt as to its being an or...
  

• GOD, 2

  [isbe] GOD, 2 - II. The Idea of God in the Old Testament. 1. Course of Its Development: Any attempt to write the whole history of the idea of God in the Old Testament would require a preliminary study of the literary and historical...
  

• Blessing

  [nave] BLESSING For blessing before eating, See: Prayer, Thanksgiving Before Taking Food. See also Benedictions. Responsive Blessings of the Law Deut. 28:1-14 For the responsive Curses of the law, See: Curse. Divine, Contingent...
  

• WOOL

  [isbe] WOOL - wool (tsemer; erion): Wool and flax were the fibers most used by the ancient weavers. Wool was used principally for the outside garments (Lev 13:48 ff; Prov 31:13; Ezek 34:3; Hos 2:5,9). Syrian wool is found on the wo...
  

• SALVATION

  [isbe] SALVATION - sal-va'-shun: I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. General 2. Individualism 3. Faith 4. Moral Law 5. Sacrifices 6. Ritual Law II. INTERMEDIATE LITERATURE 1. General 2. The Law III. THE TEACHING OF CHRIST 1. The Baptist 2. ...
  

• BLOW

  [isbe] BLOW - blo (nashaph): Used with reference to the wind (Ex 15:10; Ps 78:26; 147:18; pneo, "to breathe," Lk 12:55; Jn 3:8; Rev 7:1); taqa`, with reference to trumpet sound (Nu 10:3-10; 31:6 the King James Version; Jdg 7:18,20;...
  

• Psalms 147: Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem

  

• Datanglah, ya Roh Kudus [KJ.228]

  1. Datanglah, ya Roh Kudus, b'rikanlah cahayaMu, Sinar sorga yang baka. O Pengasuh kaum lemah, Pemberi anugerah, Suluh hati, datanglah!	Rm 8:26 Rm 15:13
  2. Kau Penghibur mahabaik dan Sahabat mahabaik, Penyegar dan Penyejuk, Kau menampung yang lelah, Kau tenangkan yang resah, Kau melipur yang sendu.	Yoh 14:16, 26 Yoh 15:26
  3. Cahya beranugerah, curahkanlah kurnia dalam hati umatMu. Tanpa daya ciptaMu tiada insan yang kudus, tiada hidup yang teduh.	1 Kor 12:11 Gal 5:22-23
  4. Yang cemar sucikanlah, yang kersang siramilah, Yang ced'ra sembuhkanlah; yang tegar lunakkanlah, Yang beku cairkanlah, yang sesat arahkanlah.	Mzm 147:18
  5. B'rilah pada umatMu yang percaya padaMu rahmat dalam tiap hal dan pahala mulia, mati bersejahtera, sukacita yang kekal.
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• [Psa 147:16] All Beautiful The March Of Days

  All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snow; Hath sent the hoary frost of Heav’n, the flowing waters sealed, And laid a silent loveliness on hill and wood and field. O’er white expanses sparkling pure the radiant morns unfold; The solemn splendors of the night burn brighter than the cold; Life mounts in every throbbing vein, love deepens round the hearth, And clearer sounds the angel hymn, “Good will to men on earth.” O Thou from Whose unfathomed law the year in beauty flows, Thyself the vision passing by in crystal and in rose, Day unto day doth utter speech, and night to night proclaim, In ever changing words of light, the wonder of Thy Name.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Psa 147:16] ’tis Winter Now, The Fallen Snow

  ’Tis winter now; the fallen snow Has left the heav’ns all coldly clear; Through leafless boughs the sharp winds blow, And all the earth lies dead and drear. And yet God’s love is not withdrawn; His life within the keen air breathes; His beauty paints the crimson dawn, And clothes the boughs with glittering wreaths. And though abroad the sharp winds blow, And skies are chill, and frosts are keen, Home closer draws her circle now, And warmer glows her light within. O God! Who giv’st the winter’s cold As well as summer’s joyous rays, Us warmly in Thy love enfold, And keep us through life’s wintry days.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

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