Psalms 147
1 Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is comely; [him] becometh praise.
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 buildeth up Jerusalem: the outcasts of Israel will he gather together;
[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 that healeth the broken-hearted, and bindeth up their hurts;
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
4 Who counteth the number of the stars; who 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 abundant in power: his understanding is immeasurable.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 The Lord helpeth up the meek: he bringeth down the wicked to the ground.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Lift up a song unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises unto our God with the harp;
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 causeth grass to grow upon the mountains;
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 Who giveth to the beast its food, 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 Not in the strength of the horse hath he delight: nor in the [swiftness of the] legs of man taketh he pleasure.
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 The Lord taketh pleasure in those that fear him, that wait for his kindness.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 Glorify, O Jerusalem, the Lord: praise thy God, O Zion.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children in the midst of thee;
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 He who bestoweth peace in thy borders, who satisfieth thee with the best 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 who sendeth forth his decree unto the earth: how swiftly speedeth his word along!
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 who dispenseth snow like wool; who streweth about the hoarfrost 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 who casteth down his ice like pieces: before his cold who can stand?
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 out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and waters run along.
[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 done so unto any nation: and [his] ordinances— these they know not. Hallelujah.
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
