Empty Again...

Despite listening to Daily Audio Bible podcasts, I find myself coming up empty tonight.

To try and get some perspective, let's read the following together, out loud:

Psalm 147:1-20 (Amplified Bible)

1PRAISE THE Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious and lovely; praise is becoming and appropriate.

2The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering together the exiles of Israel.

3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [curing their pains and their sorrows].

4He determines and counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

5Great is our Lord and of great power; His understanding is inexhaustible and boundless.

6The Lord lifts up the humble and downtrodden; He casts the wicked down to the ground.

7Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises with the harp or the lyre to our God!--

8Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

9He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens that for which they cry.

10He delights not in the strength of the horse, nor does He take pleasure in the legs of a man.

11The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness.

12Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

13For He has strengthened and made hard the bars of your gates, and He has blessed your children within you.

14He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

15He sends forth His commandment to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.

16He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.

17He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?

18He sends out His word, and melts [ice and snow]; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

20He has not dealt so with any [other] nation; they have not known (understood, appreciated, given heed to, and cherished) His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Good Night