Psalms 147
1 Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.
Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
2 Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
[Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
3 Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
4 Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
5 Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].
10 Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
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.
15 Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
16 Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
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].
17 Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
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]
18 He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow — the waters flow.
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
20 He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
