Psalms 147
1 Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.
2 The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
4 He tells the number of the stars; 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 of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
6 The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.
Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God:
Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
8 Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
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 to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
10 He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in 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 takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
14 He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.
Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
15 He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly.
Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
16 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
17 He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow — the waters flow.
19 He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD.
He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!
