Psalms 147

1 Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.

Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.

2 [Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].

Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.

3 He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

4 He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.

Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.

5 Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.

Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.

6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.

Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.

7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.

Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.

8 He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.

Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,

9 He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].

Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

10 He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.

Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.

11 Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.

Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.

12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!

Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.

13 He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.

For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

14 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.

Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.

15 He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.

Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.

16 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].

Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.

17 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]

Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?

18 [But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].

He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow — the waters flow.

19 He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.

Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

20 He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!

He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!