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1 ೧ ಯೆಹೋವನಿಗೆ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ! ನಮ್ಮ ದೇವರನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸುವುದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದೂ, ಸಂತೋಷಕರವೂ ಆಗಿದೆ, ಆತನನ್ನು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸುವುದು ಯುಕ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ.
Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
[Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 ೮ ಆತನು ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೋಡಗಳನ್ನು ಕವಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಭೂಮಿಗೋಸ್ಕರ ಮಳೆಯನ್ನು ಸಿದ್ಧಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಲ್ಲನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
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 is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 ೧೪ ಆತನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯದೊಳಗೆ ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವಾದ ಗೋದಿಯಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ತೃಪ್ತಿಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
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 commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
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 ೧೭ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ತುಂಡುಗಳಂತಿರುವ ಆನೆಕಲ್ಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಸುರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಆತನು ಚಳಿಯನ್ನು ಬರಮಾಡಲು ಅದನ್ನು ಸಹಿಸುವವರು ಯಾರು?
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]
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 ೧೯ ಆತನು ತನ್ನ ವಾಕ್ಯವನ್ನು ಯಾಕೋಬ್ಯರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ, ತನ್ನ ನಿಯಮವಿಧಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
