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147:6 The Lord <03068> lifts up <05749> the oppressed <06035>, but knocks <08213> the wicked <07563> to the ground <0776>. 147:7 Offer <06030> to the Lord <03068> a song of thanks <08426>! Sing praises <02167> to our God <0430> to the accompaniment of a harp <03658>! 147:8 He covers <03680> the sky <08064> with clouds <05645>, provides <03559> the earth <0776> with rain <04306>, and causes grass <02682> to grow <06779> on the hillsides <02022>. 147:9 He gives <05414> food <03899> to the animals <0929>, and to the young <01121> ravens <06158> when <0834> they chirp <07121>. 147:10 He is not <03808> enamored <02654> with the strength <01369> of a horse <05483>, nor <03808> is he impressed <07521> by the warrior’s <0376> strong legs <07785>. 147:11 The Lord <03068> takes delight <07521> in his faithful followers <03373>, and in those who wait <03176> for his loyal love <02617>. 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

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

  [nave] METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. Gen. 2:5, 6; Gen. 27:39; Job 9:7; Job 26:7, 8, 11; Job 27:20, 21; Job 28:24-27; Job 29:19; Job 36:27-33; Job 37:6-22; Job 38:9 [with vs. 8-11.] Job 38:22, 24-29, 31-35, 37; Psa. 18:8-15;...
  

• RAVEN

  [ebd] Heb. 'orebh, from a root meaning "to be black" (comp. Cant. 5:11); first mentioned as "sent forth" by Noah from the ark (Gen. 8:7). "Every raven after his kind" was forbidden as food (Lev. 11:15; Deut. 14:14). Ravens feed mo...
  [isbe] RAVEN - ra'-vn (`orebh; korax; Latin Corvus corax): A large family of the smaller birds of prey belonging to the genus Corvus corax. A bird of such universal distribution that it is known from Iceland to Japan, all over Asia...
  

• Humility

  [ebd] a prominent Christian grace (Rom. 12:3; 15:17, 18; 1 Cor. 3:5-7; 2 Cor. 3:5; Phil. 4:11-13). It is a state of mind well pleasing to God (1 Pet. 3:4); it preserves the soul in tranquillity (Ps. 69:32, 33), and makes us patien...
  [nave] HUMILITY. Deut. 9:7 vs. 4-29.; Deut. 15:15; Job 5:11; Job 22:29; Job 25:5, 6; Psa. 9:12; Psa. 10:17; Psa. 22:6, 26; Psa. 25:9; Psa. 37:11; Psa. 69:32; Psa. 86:1; Psa. 131:1, 2; Psa. 138:6; Psa. 147:6; Psa. 149:4; Prov. 3:34...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Psalms 147: Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem

  

• Allah Bapa Melindungi [KJ.384] ( Children of the Heavenly Father )

  1. Allah Bapa melindungi anak-anakNya di bumi; burung-burung dalam sarang tak kenal naungan seimbang.	1 Yoh 3:1 Mzm 147:9 Mat 6:26
  2. Suara anak-anak Bapa siang-malam didengarNya; tiap kali m'reka minta, pertolongan diberiNya.
  3. Anak-anak milik Bapa disertai, diasuhNya; tanganNya lembut dan kuat mencegah niat si jahat.
  4. Anak-anak melik Bapa tak pernah ditinggalkanNya; dilimpahkan cinta kasih, agar m'reka baik dan suci.
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• Dari Terbitnya Surya T'rang [KJ.137]

  1. Dari terbitnya surya t'rang sampai dibarat terbenam Sang Kristus dimuliakanlah, yang dilahirkan Maria.	Mzm 113:3 Mal 1:11
  2. Maha Pencipta dunia menjadi hamba terendah dan menebus manusia dari bencana dosanya.	Flp 2:6-8
  3. T'lah lahir Sang Imanuel yang diwartakan Gabriel; Yohanes mengelukanNya dalam kandungan bundanya.	Mat 1:32Luk 1:26-38 Luk 1:41, 44
  4. Walaupun Raja semesta, palungan tak ditolakNya; Yang menghidupi burung pun, kini menyusu tersenyum.	Mzm 147:9 Luk 2:7
  5. Biduan sorga mulia memuji Allah, BapaNya, dan kaum gembala mendengar tentang Gembala yang Besar.	Luk 2:8-14
  6. Orang Majusi dari jauh melihat bintang Putra Daud, pergi memandang T'rang Baka, mempersembahkan hartanya.	Mat 2:1-11
  7. Herodes, kau mengapakah cemas menyambut datangNya yang sungguh tidak akan mau berkuasa seperti engkau?	Mat 2:3
  8. Ratapan ibu terdengar di pembunuhan yang besar oleh Herodes yang kejam terhadap tunas Betlehem.	Yer 31:15 Mat 2:16-18
  9. Para sarjana Alkitab menguji Dia yang berhak bermukim s'lama-lamanya di dalam rumah BapaNya.	Luk 2:46-49
  10. Berdiri, putih cemerlang, Sang Anakdomba di Yordan: pertanda kerelaanNya menghapus dosa dunia.	Mrk 1:9-11 Yoh 1:29
  11. Air jadi anggur yang terbaik mukjizat kuasaNya ajaib: yang kosong dipenuhiNya dengan berkat karunia!	Yoh 2:1-11
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• 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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• Kita Satu di Dalam Tuhan [KJ.256]

  1. Kita satu di dalam Tuhan, satu G'reja yang esa. Marilah bertolong-tolongan, kau dan aku, s'muanya. Marilah bertolong-tolongan, kau dan aku, s'muanya.	Yoh 17:21-23 Rm 12:5 Ef 4:3-6 Kol 3:11 Gal 6:2 1 Ptr 4:10
  2. Hujan, air dan matahari Tuhan b'rikan s'muanya, bulan, bintang memuji-muji memenuhi semesta. Bulan, bintang memuji-muji memenuhi semesta.	Im 26:4-5 Mzm 65:10-14 Mzm 147:7-9 Mzm 148:3
  3. Tuhan s'lalu memelihara s'luruh alam semesta, kita pun disuruhNya juga, menyatakan kasihNya. Kita pun disuruhNya juga, menyatakan kasihNya.	Mzm 104:10-18
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• Manusia yang Meluku [KJ.335]

  	R:Yak 1:17
  1. Manusia yang meluku, menaburkan benih, tetapi kesuburan Tuhanlah yang memb'ri. Air hujan dikirimNya dan panas yang segar. Akhirnya padi tumbuh, menghijau dan mekar.	2 Kor 9:10 1 Kor 3:7 Kej 8:22 Im 26:4-5 Ul 11:14-15 Mzm 65:10-14 Mzm 147:7-9
  2. Apa pun yang baik semata anugerah. Dan kar'na itu pujilah kasihNya yang mesra.
  3. Semua diciptaNya, yang jauh, yang dekat: samudera yang luas dan rimba yang lebat. Tak satu dilupakan, semua dibela, dan kita dib'ri makan tak kunjung bersela.	Mzm 104:27-28 Mzm 136:25 Mzm 145:15-16
  4. Apa pun yang baik semata anugerah. Dan kar'na itu pujilah kasihNya yang mesra.
  5. Ya Bapa, t'rima kasih; yang sudi kau memb'ri kepada ciptaanMu: berkat dan rezeki. Tiada teruraikan kasihMu yang besar; terpujilah Kau, Bapa, rahmani dan jabar.
  6. Apa pun yang baik semata anugerah. Dan kar'na itu pujilah kasihNya yang mesra.
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• Selama Bumi Didiami [KJ.298]

  1. Selama bumi didiami, berbunga t'rus, berbuah baik, Engkau, ya Allah, Bapa kami; sembah syukur padaMu naik!	Kej 8:22 Im 26:4-5 Mzm 65:10-14 Mzm 67:7-8
  2. Selama orang berbahasa dan bangsa-bangsa bertemu, sabda kasihMu berkuasa dan nama Yesus disebut.	1 Kor 12:12-13 Gal 3:27-28
  3. Burung di langit Kausuapi, bunga di ladang berseri; tak usah kami pun kuatir: seluruh hidup Kauberi.	Mzm 147:9 Mat 6:25-34
  4. Kaulah Terang dan Hidup kami; padaMu maut menyerah. Kristuslah Roti yang sorgawi dan kami jadi TubuhNya.	Yoh 1:9 Yoh 8:12 2 Tim 1:10 Why 1:18 Yoh 6:32-58 Rm 12:5
  5. Patut sujud segala mahluk yang hidup dari tanganMu; ya Bapa, oleh hadiratMu harapan anakMu teguh.	Mzm 104:27-28 Mzm 145:15-16 Yes 45:23 Why 4:11
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• [Psa 147:8] O Sing To The Lord, Whose Bountiful Hand

  O sing to the Lord, whose bountiful hand Again doth accord His gifts to the land. His clouds have shed down their plenteousness here, His goodness shall crown the hopes of the year. In clefts of the hills the founts He hath burst, And poureth their rills through valleys athirst, The river of God the pastures has blest, The dry, withered sod in greenness is dressed. And every fold shall team with its sheep, With harvests of gold the fields shall be deep; The vales shall rejoice with laughter and song, And man’s grateful voice the music prolong. So too may He pour, the Last and the First, His graces in store on spirits athirst, Till, when the great day of harvest hath come, He takes us away to garner at home.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [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

• Do you have to believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God to be saved?
  In a very general way, I think I can say that one could come to faith in Christ for salvation without believing in the inerrancy of the Word of God, but I am doubtful that one could stay that way for long. The disciples of ou...

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