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1 할렐루야! 하늘에서 여호와를 찬양하며 높은 데서 찬양할지어다!
Praise Yahweh! Praise him, from up in heaven; praise him from way up in the sky!
2 그의 모든 사자여 찬양하며 모든 군대여 찬양할지어다!
All you angels who belong to him, praise him! All you who are in the armies of heaven, praise him!
3 해와 달아 찬양하며 광명한 별들아 찬양할지어다!
Sun and moon, [you also] praise him! You shining stars, you praise him!
4 하늘의 하늘도 찬양하며 하늘 위에 있는 물들도 찬양할지어다!
You highest heavens, praise him! And you waters that are high above the sky, praise him!
5 그것들이 여호와의 이름을 찬양할 것은 저가 명하시매 지음을 받았음이로다
I want [all of] these to praise Yahweh [MTY] because by commanding [them to exist], he created them.
6 저가 또 그것들을 영영히 세우시고 폐치 못할 명을 정하셨도다
He determined the places where they should be [in the sky], and he commanded that they should be there forever. They cannot disobey that command!
7 너희 용들과 바다여 땅에서 여호와를 찬양하라!
And everything on the earth, praise Yahweh! You [huge] sea monsters and [everything else that is] deep [in the ocean],
8 불과 우박과 눈과 안개와 그 말씀을 좇는 광풍이며
and fire and hail, and snow and frost, and strong winds that obey what he commands, [I tell] all of you to praise Yahweh!
9 산들과 모든 작은 산과 과목과 모든 백향목이며
Hills and mountains, fruit trees and cedar [trees],
10 짐승과 모든 가축과 기는 것과 나는 새며
all the wild animals and all [you] cattle, and the (reptiles/creatures that scurry across the ground), and [all] the birds, [I tell all of them to praise Yahweh]!
11 세상의 왕들과 모든 백성과 방백과 땅의 모든 사사며
You kings on this earth and all the people [that you rule], you princes and all [other] rulers,
you young men and young women, you old people and children, [everyone, praise Yahweh!]
13 다 여호와의 이름을 찬양할지어다 그 이름이 홀로 높으시며 그 영광이 천지에 뛰어나심이로다
I want them [all] to praise Yahweh [MTY] because he is greater than anyone else. His glory is greater than [anything on] the earth or [in] heaven.
14 저가 그 백성의 뿔을 높이셨으니 저는 모든 성도 곧 저를 친근히 하는 이스라엘 자손의 찬양거리로다 할렐루야!
He caused us, his people, to be strong in order that we, his people, we Israeli people (who are very precious to him/whom he loves very much), would praise him. So praise Yahweh!