Mazmur 147
1 Pujilah TUHAN! Sebab baiklah memuji Dia, dan menyenangkan untuk menyanyikan pujian bagi-Nya!
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 TUHAN akan memulihkan Yerusalem; orang-orang buangan akan dibawa-Nya pulang.
[Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
3 Ia menyembuhkan orang yang patah hati, dan membalut luka-luka mereka.
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
4 Ia menentukan jumlah bintang di angkasa, dan masing-masing diberi-Nya nama.
He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
5 Sungguh besar dan hebat TUHAN kita, kebijaksanaan-Nya tidak terhingga.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 Ia menegakkan orang yang tertindas, tetapi orang jahat dicampakkan-Nya ke tanah.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Nyanyikanlah puji-pujian bagi TUHAN, mainkanlah kecapi bagi Allah kita.
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 Dialah yang membentangkan awan di langit; Ia menyediakan hujan bagi bumi, dan membuat rumput tumbuh di bukit.
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 Ia memberi makanan kepada hewan, dan kepada anak burung gagak yang memanggil-manggil.
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 Kesukaan TUHAN bukanlah kuda yang kuat; bukan juga pejuang yang berani.
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 TUHAN senang kepada orang yang takwa, kepada orang yang tetap mengharapkan kasih-Nya.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 Pujilah TUHAN, hai Yerusalem! Pujilah Allahmu, hai Sion!
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 Sebab Ia mengukuhkan pintu-pintu gerbangmu, dan memberkati pendudukmu.
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 Ia menjaga daerahmu supaya tetap aman, dan mengenyangkan engkau dengan gandum yang terbaik.
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 Ia memberi perintah kepada bumi, dan perkataan-Nya segera dilakukan.
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 Ia menurunkan salju seperti kapas, dan menghamburkan embun beku seperti abu.
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 Ia menurunkan hujan es seperti kerikil; tak ada yang tahan menghadapi dinginnya.
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 Lalu atas perintah-Nya es itu mencair; Ia meniupkan angin, maka air pun mengalir.
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 Ia menyampaikan pesan-Nya kepada umat-Nya, ketetapan dan hukum-Nya kepada umat pilihan-Nya.
He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
20 Ia tidak berbuat begitu kepada bangsa-bangsa lain, mereka tidak mengenal hukum-hukum-Nya. Pujilah TUHAN!
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
