Psalms 147
1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
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, To all them He giveth names.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
6 The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
7 Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye 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 for the earth rain, 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.
Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.
11 The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.
Jehovah 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, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
14 He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
15 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
16 He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
17 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
18 He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth 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 hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!
