Psalms 147
1 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise you the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
4 He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.
Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
6 The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.
The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
7 Begin [the song] with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:
Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
8 who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[and green herb for the service of men; ]]
He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men.
9 and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.
He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.
10 He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.
He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.
11 The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.
The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.
12 Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Sion.
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
14 He makes your borders peaceful, and fills you with the flour of wheat.
He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
15 He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
17 Casting [forth] his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?
He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
18 He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow [with] his wind, and the waters shall flow.
He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
19 He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgements to Israel.
He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
20 He has not done so to any [other] nation; and he has not shown them his judgements.
He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
