Psalms 147
1 to boast: praise LORD for pleasant to sing God our for pleasant lovely 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 to build Jerusalem LORD to banish Israel to gather
[Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
3 [the] to heal to/for to break heart and to saddle/tie to/for injury their
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
4 to count number to/for star to/for all their name to call: call by
He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
5 great: large lord our and many strength to/for understanding his nothing number
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 to uphold poor LORD to abase wicked till land: soil
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 to sing to/for LORD in/on/with thanksgiving to sing to/for God our in/on/with lyre
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 [the] to cover heaven in/on/with cloud [the] to establish: prepare to/for land: country/planet rain [the] to spring mountain: mount grass
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 to give: give to/for animal food her to/for son: young animal raven which to call: call out
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/on/with might [the] horse to delight in not in/on/with leg [the] man to accept
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 to accept LORD [obj] afraid his [obj] [the] to wait: hope to/for kindness his
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 to praise Jerusalem [obj] LORD to boast: praise God your Zion
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 for to strengthen: strengthen bar gate your to bless son: child your in/on/with entrails: among your
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 [the] to set: make border: boundary your peace fat wheat to satisfy you
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 [the] to send: depart word his land: country/planet till haste to run: run word his
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 [the] to give: give snow like/as wool frost like/as ashes to scatter
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 to throw ice his like/as morsel to/for face: before cold his who? to stand: 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 to send: depart word his and to liquefy them to blow spirit: breath his to flow water
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 to tell (word his *Q(K)*) to/for Jacob statute: decree his and justice: judgement his to/for 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 not to make: do so to/for all nation and justice: judgement not to know them to boast: praise LORD
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
