Psalms 147 - 148 (Common English Bible, 2011 translation)

147:1 Praise the LORD!  Because it is good to sing praise to our God!
Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise!
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathering up Israel's exiles.
God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
God counts the stars by number, giving each one a name.
Our Lord is great and so strong!  God's knowledge can't be grasped!
The LORD helps the poor, but throws the wicked down in the dirt!
Sing to the LORD with thanks; sing praises to our God with a lyre!
God covers the skies with clouds; God makes rain for the earth;God makes the mountains sprout green grass.
God gives food to the animals -- even to the baby ravens when they cry out.
God doesn't prize the strength of a horse;
God doesn't treasure the legs of a runner.
No. The LORD treasures the people who honor him, the people who wait for his faithful love.
Worship the LORD, Jerusalem!  Praise your God, Zion!
Because God secures the bars on your gates, God bless the children you have there.
God establishes your borders peacefully.
God fills you full with the very best wheat.
God issues his command to the earth --
God's word speeds off fast!
God spreads snow like it was wool;
God scatters frost like it was ashes;
God throws his hail down like crumbs --
who can endure God's freezing cold?
Then God issues his word and melts it all away!  God makes the winds blow; the waters flow again.
God proclaims his word to Jacob; his statutes and rules to Israel.
(Verse 20 of Psalm 147): God hasn't done that with any other nation, those nations have no knowledge of God's rules.  Praise the LORD!
PSALM 148 : 1 - 14
Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD from heaven!
Praise God on the heights!
Praise God, all of you who are his messengers!
Praise God, all of you who comprise his heavenly forces!
Sun and moon, praise God!
All of you bright stars, praise God!
You highest heaven, praise God!
Do the same, you waters that are above the sky!
Let all of these praise the LORD's name because God gave the command and they were created!
God set them in place always and forever.  God made a law that will not be broken.
Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea monsters and all you ocean depths!
Do the same, fire and hail, snow and smoke, stormy wind that does what God says!
Do the same, you mountains, every single hill, fruit trees, and every single cedar!
Do the same, you animals -- wild or tame -- you creatures that creep along and you birds that fly!
Do the same, you kings of the earth and every single person, you princes and every single ruler on earth!
Do the same, you young men -- young women, too! -- you who are old together with you who are young!
(Verses 13 - 14) Let all of these praise the LORD's name because only God's name is high over all.
Only God's majesty is over earth and heaven.
God raised the strength of his people, the praise of all his faithful ones --
that's the Israelites, the people who are close to him.  Praise the LORD!