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 the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises to our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] 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].
The LORD buildeth up Jerusalem: he gathereth together 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 telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.
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.
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down 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 the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp to 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 heaven 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].
He giveth to the beast his food, [and] 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.
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
Praise the LORD, 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, [and] filleth 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 commandment [upon] 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: he 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 out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] 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 showeth his word 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 hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
