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Great is our Lord and awesome in power;
    his wisdom is without limit.[a]
The Lord sustains the poor
    but humbles the wicked in the dust.[b]
[c]Offer songs of thanksgiving to the Lord;
    play the lyre in honor of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:5 See Ps 48:2; Job 36:22, 26; Isa 40:28; Jer 51:15.
  2. Psalm 147:6 See Pss 37:9-10; 145:20; 146:9; 1 Sam 2:7f; Job 5:11; Lk 1:52.
  3. Psalm 147:7 God is owed praise because he is the Great King over his creation, sustaining all that he has made, both the creatures in the heavens and the creatures on earth. He wants people to trust in him rather than in themselves.