Psalm 147:1-11 and Isaiah 2:1–4

PSALM 147:1–11

¹   Praise the Lord! 

          How good it is to sing praises to our God; 
          for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. 
²   The Lord builds up Jerusalem; 
          he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 
³   He heals the brokenhearted, 
          and binds up their wounds. 
⁴   He determines the number of the stars; 
          he gives to all of them their names.
⁵   Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; 
          his understanding is beyond measure. 
⁶   The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; 
          he casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷   Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; 
          make melody to our God on the lyre. 
⁸   He covers the heavens with clouds, 
          prepares rain for the earth, 
          makes grass grow on the hills. 
⁹   He gives to the animals their food, 
          and to the young ravens when they cry. 
¹⁰  His delight is not in the strength of the horse, 
          nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner; 
¹¹  but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, 
          in those who hope in his steadfast love.

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ISAIAH 2:1–4

¹The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

 

²     In days to come 
          the mountain of the LORD's house 
     shall be established as the highest of the mountains, 
          and shall be raised above the hills;
     all the nations shall stream to it. 
³          Many peoples shall come and say, 
     "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, 
          to the house of the God of Jacob; 
     that he may teach us his ways 
          and that we may walk in his paths."
     For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, 
          and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 
⁴     He shall judge between the nations, 
          and shall arbitrate for many peoples; 
     they shall beat their swords into plowshares, 
          and their spears into pruning hooks; 
     nation shall not lift up sword against nation, 
          neither shall they learn war any more.