One thing that struck me as a first-time mom was the way our daughter studied my face. It was as though all those months of talking to her and singing to her in the womb made her very curious to know me.

In this passage, I feel the maternal heart of God. He nurtures those who are small or humble. He even hears the insignificant cry of a baby bird. Trusting His provision, they are cared for.

When we need our wounds to be bound up, He sees and hears our cry.

In turn, we look to Him, trusting that He is good.

As we hope in His steadfast love, He finds delight and takes pleasure in those who “fear” Him. We recognize that not only is our God tender but He is great. He is able to save us.

Because He understands us beyond measure, we can gaze into His eyes (so to speak) in wonder, curious to know Him and willing to trust Him. – Teresa #fullyloved

Psalm 147English Standard Version

He Heals the Brokenhearted

147 Praise the Lord!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
    for it is pleasant,^[a] 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 humble;^[b]
    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;
    he prepares rain for the earth;
    he makes grass grow on the hills.
⁹ He gives to the beasts their food,
    and to the young ravens that cry.
¹⁰ His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
    nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
¹¹ but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who hope in his steadfast love.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
    Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³ For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
    he blesses your children within you.
¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders;
    he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
¹⁵ He sends out his command to the earth;
    his word runs swiftly.
¹⁶ He gives snow like wool;
    he scatters frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
    who can stand before his cold?
¹⁸ He sends out his word, and melts them;
    he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
¹⁹ He declares his word to Jacob,
    his statutes and rules^[c] to Israel.
²⁰ He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his rules.^[d]
Praise the Lord!

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Footnotes

1. Psalm 147:1 Or for he is beautiful
2. Psalm 147:6 Or afflicted
3. Psalm 147:19 Or and just decrees
4. Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees