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 YAH! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant—lovely [is] praise.
2 [Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
YHWH [is] building Jerusalem, He gathers the driven away 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.
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
4 He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
Appointing the number of the stars, He gives names to all of them.
5 Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
Our Lord [is] great, and abundant in power, There is no narration of His understanding.
6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
YHWH is causing the meek to stand, Making the wicked low to the earth.
7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
Answer to YHWH with thanksgiving, Sing to our God with a harp.
8 He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing rain for the earth, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] 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].
Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
10 He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
He does not delight in the might of the horse, He is not pleased 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.
YHWH is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
Glorify, O Jerusalem, YHWH, Praise your God, O Zion.
13 He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
For He strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your sons in your midst.
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.
Who is making your border peace, He satisfies you [with] the fat of 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.
Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, His word runs very speedily.
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].
Who is giving snow like wool, He scatters hoarfrost as 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]
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Who stands 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 sends forth His word and melts them, He causes 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.
Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
He has not done so to any nation, As for judgments, they have not known them. Praise YAH!
