Psalms 147
1 Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, —For it is delightful, seemly is praise!
Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.
2 Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together.
Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
3 He is healing the broken in heart, —and binding up their hurts.
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
4 Counting the number of the stars, To all of them—names, he giveth.
Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed.
Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
6 Yahweh, relieveth the humbled! casting the lawless down to the earth.
Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
7 Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre.
Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
9 Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.
Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
10 Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure:
Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.
11 Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.
Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
12 Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion:
Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:
For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
14 Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee:
Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
15 Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word!
Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
16 Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost—like ashes, he scattereth:
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
17 Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand?
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
18 He sendeth forth his word and melteth them, He causeth his wind to blow, the waters, stream along:
He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow — the waters flow.
19 Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.
Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes 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 hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!
