Psalms 147
1 Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
2 [Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.
3 He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.
5 Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.
7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:
8 He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
9 He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].
Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.
10 He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;
11 Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.
12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;
14 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.
He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 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].
He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;
17 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]
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 [But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow — the waters flow.
19 He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!
