Psalms 147
1 Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing vnto our God: for it is a pleasant thing, and praise is comely.
Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
2 The Lord doth builde vp Ierusalem, and gather together the dispersed of Israel.
[Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
3 He healeth those that are broken in heart, and bindeth vp their sores.
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
4 He counteth the nomber of the starres, and calleth them all by their names.
He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: his wisdome is infinite.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 The Lord relieueth the meeke, and abaseth the wicked to the ground.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing vnto the Lord with prayse: sing vpon the harpe vnto our God,
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 Which giueth to beasts their foode, and to the yong rauens that crie.
He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].
10 He hath not pleasure in the strength of an horse, neither delighteth he in the legs of man.
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 But the Lord deliteth in them that feare him, and attende vpon his mercie.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 Prayse the Lord, O Ierusalem: prayse thy God, O Zion.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 For he hath made the barres of thy gates strong, and hath blessed thy children within thee.
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 He setteth peace in thy borders, and satisfieth thee with the floure of wheate.
He protects the borders [of your country, so that enemies from other countries cannot attack you]. He gives you plenty of very good wheat/grain to eat.
15 He sendeth foorth his commandement vpon earth, and his worde runneth very swiftly.
He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
16 He giueth snowe like wooll, and scattereth the hoare frost like ashes.
He sends snow which [covers the ground] like a white wool blanket [SIM], and he scatters frost [on the ground] like [wind scatters] ashes [SIM].
17 He casteth foorth his yce like morsels: who can abide the colde thereof?
He sends hail down like (pebbles/tiny stones); [when that happens], (it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./who can endure because the air becomes very cold?) [RHQ]
18 He sendeth his worde and melteth them: he causeth his winde to blowe, and the waters flowe.
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 He sheweth his word vnto Iaakob, his statutes and his iudgements vnto Israel.
He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
20 He hath not dealt so with euery nation, neither haue they knowen his iudgements. Prayse ye the Lord.
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
