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 Yahweh - for [is] good to sing praises to God our for [is] pleasant [is] fitting 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].
[is] [the] builder of Jerusalem Yahweh [the] banished [ones] of Israel he gathers.
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] healing [the people] broken of heart and [he is] binding up wounds their.
4 He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
[he is] counting [the] number Of the stars to all of them names he calls.
5 Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
[is] great Lord our and great of power to understanding his there not [is] a number.
6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
[is] relieving Humble [people] Yahweh [is] bringing low wicked [people] to [the] ground.
7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving make music to God our 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 covers [the] heavens - with clouds who prepares for the earth rain who causes to sprout mountains grass.
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] gives To animal[s] food its to [the] young ones of a raven which they call out.
10 He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
Not in [the] strength of horse he delights not in [the] legs of man he takes pleasure.
11 Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
[is] taking pleasure in Yahweh [those] fearing him those [who] hope for covenant loyalty his.
12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
Extol O Jerusalem Yahweh praise God your O Zion.
13 He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
For he has strengthened [the] bars of gates your he has blessed children your in midst your.
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.
The [one who] makes territory your peace [the] best of wheat he satisfies you.
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.
The [one who] sends word his [the] earth to quickly it runs word his.
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].
The [one who] gives snow like wool frost like ash[es] he scatters.
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]
[the one who] throws Ice his like crumbs before coldness his who? will he stand.
18 [But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
He sends word his and he melts them he makes blow wind his they flow waters.
19 He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
[the one who] declares (Words his *Q(K)*) to Jacob decrees his and judgments his to Israel.
20 He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
Not he has done thus - for any nation and judgments not they have known them praise Yahweh.
