Psalms 147

1 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, —For it is delightful, seemly is praise!

2 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together.

3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

He is healing the broken in heart, —and binding up their hurts.

4 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

Counting the number of the stars, To all of them—names, he giveth.

5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed.

6 Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

Yahweh, relieveth the humbled! casting the lawless down to the earth.

7 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre.

8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:

9 He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.

10 He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure:

11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.

12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion:

13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:

14 He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee:

15 He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.

Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word!

16 He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.

Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost—like ashes, he scattereth:

17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?

Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand?

18 He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

He sendeth forth his word and melteth them, He causeth his wind to blow, the waters, stream along:

19 He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.

20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

He hath not dealt so with any nation, and, his regulations, he maketh not known to them. Praise ye Yah!