Psalms 147
1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
Praise YAH! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant—lovely [is] praise.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
YHWH [is] building Jerusalem, He gathers the driven away of Israel.
3 He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
4 He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.
Appointing the number of the stars, He gives names to all of them.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
Our Lord [is] great, and abundant in power, There is no narration of His understanding.
6 The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
YHWH is causing the meek to stand, Making the wicked low to the earth.
7 Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
Answer to YHWH with thanksgiving, Sing to our God with a harp.
8 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.
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing rain for the earth, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
9 He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.
Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
10 He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.
He does not delight in the might of the horse, He is not pleased in the legs of a man.
11 The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.
YHWH is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
12 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
Glorify, O Jerusalem, YHWH, Praise your God, O Zion.
13 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
For He strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your sons in your midst.
14 He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
Who is making your border peace, He satisfies you [with] the fat of wheat.
15 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, His word runs very speedily.
16 He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
Who is giving snow like wool, He scatters hoarfrost as ashes.
17 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Who stands before His cold?
18 He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
He sends forth His word and melts them, He causes His wind to blow—the waters flow.
19 He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
He has not done so to any nation, As for judgments, they have not known them. Praise YAH!
