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1 ௧ யெகோவாவை துதியுங்கள்; நம்முடைய தேவனைப் புகழ்ந்து பாடுகிறது நல்லது, துதித்தலே இன்பமும் ஏற்றதுமாக இருக்கிறது.
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 ௮ அவர் வானத்தை மேகங்களால் மூடி, பூமிக்கு மழையை ஆயத்தப்படுத்தி, மலைகளில் புல்லை முளைக்கச்செய்கிறார்.
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!
13 ௧௩ அவர் உன்னுடைய வாசல்களின் தாழ்ப்பாள்களைப் பலப்படுத்தி, உன்னிடத்திலுள்ள உன்னுடைய பிள்ளைகளை ஆசீர்வதிக்கிறார்.
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 ௧௪ அவர் உன்னுடைய எல்லைகளைச் சமாதானமுள்ளவைகளாக மாற்றி, செழிப்பான கோதுமையினால் உன்னைத் திருப்தியாக்குகிறார்.
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].
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 ௧௮ அவர் தமது வார்த்தையை அனுப்பி, அவைகளை உருகச்செய்கிறார்; தமது காற்றை வீசும்படி செய்ய, தண்ணீர்கள் ஓடும்.
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 ௧௯ யாக்கோபுக்குத் தம்முடைய வசனங்களையும், இஸ்ரவேலுக்குத் தமது பிரமாணங்களையும் தமது நியாயங்களையும் அறிவிக்கிறார்.
He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
20 ௨0 அவர் வேறே எந்த தேசத்திற்கும் இப்படிச் செய்ததில்லை; அவருடைய கட்டளைகளை அறியாமற் போகிறார்கள். அல்லேலூயா.
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
