---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Psalms from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 147
verse_count: 20
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Psalms, chap. 147, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Psalms 147

**1** Praise ye the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
**2** The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
**3** He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
**4** He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
**5** Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.
**6** The Lord lifteth up the meek; he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
**7** Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God;
**8** Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
**9** He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
**10** He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
**11** The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
**12** Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
**13** For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
**14** He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
**15** He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth; his word runneth very swiftly.
**16** He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.
**17** He casteth forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
**18** He sendeth out his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
**19** He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
**20** He hath not dealt so with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.