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.

to boast: praise LORD for pleasant to sing God our for pleasant lovely 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].

to build Jerusalem LORD to banish Israel to gather

3 He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.

[the] to heal to/for to break heart and to saddle/tie to/for injury their

4 He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.

to count number to/for star to/for all their name to call: call by

5 Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.

great: large lord our and many strength to/for understanding his nothing number

6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.

to uphold poor LORD to abase wicked till land: soil

7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.

to sing to/for LORD in/on/with thanksgiving to sing to/for God our in/on/with lyre

8 He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.

[the] to cover heaven in/on/with cloud [the] to establish: prepare to/for land: country/planet rain [the] to spring mountain: mount 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].

to give: give to/for animal food her to/for son: young animal raven which to call: call out

10 He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.

not in/on/with might [the] horse to delight in not in/on/with leg [the] man to accept

11 Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.

to accept LORD [obj] afraid his [obj] [the] to wait: hope to/for kindness his

12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!

to praise Jerusalem [obj] LORD to boast: praise God your Zion

13 He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.

for to strengthen: strengthen bar gate your to bless son: child your in/on/with entrails: among 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] to set: make border: boundary your peace fat wheat to satisfy 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] to send: depart word his land: country/planet till haste to run: run 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] to give: give snow like/as wool frost like/as ashes to scatter

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]

to throw ice his like/as morsel to/for face: before cold his who? to stand: stand

18 [But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].

to send: depart word his and to liquefy them to blow spirit: breath his to flow water

19 He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.

to tell (word his *Q(K)*) to/for Jacob statute: decree his and justice: judgement his to/for Israel

20 He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!

not to make: do so to/for all nation and justice: judgement not to know them to boast: praise LORD