Psalms 147
1 Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, 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 build up Jerusalem, He gathereth 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 Who healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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 number of the stars; He giveth them all 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 mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving, sing praises upon the harp unto our God;
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass.
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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 delighteth not in the strength of the horse; He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that wait for His mercy.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 For He hath made strong the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.
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 out His commandment upon earth; His word 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 giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-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 forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?
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 forth His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 He declareth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances unto 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 any nation; and as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Hallelujah.
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
