Psalms 147
1 Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, —For it is delightful, seemly is praise!
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
2 Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together.
The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3 He is healing the broken in heart, —and binding up their hurts.
He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
4 Counting the number of the stars, To all of them—names, he giveth.
He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed.
Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
6 Yahweh, relieveth the humbled! casting the lawless down to the earth.
The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
7 Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre.
Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:
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.
9 Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.
He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.
10 Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure:
He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.
11 Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.
The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.
12 Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion:
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:
For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.
14 Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee:
He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.
15 Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word!
He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.
16 Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost—like ashes, he scattereth:
He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.
17 Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand?
He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?
18 He sendeth forth his word and melteth them, He causeth his wind to blow, the waters, stream along:
He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.
19 Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.
He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation, and, his regulations, he maketh not known to them. Praise ye Yah!
He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
