147:1 PRAISE THE Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious {and} lovely; praise is becoming {and} appropriate. |
147:2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering together the exiles of Israel. |
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [curing their pains and their sorrows]. |
147:4 He determines {and} counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names. |
147:5 Great is our Lord and of great power; His understanding is inexhaustible {and} boundless. |
147:6 The Lord lifts up the humble {and} downtrodden; He casts the wicked down to the ground. |
147:7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises with the harp {or} the lyre to our God!-- |
147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. |
147:9 He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens that for which they cry. |
147:10 He delights not in the strength of the horse, nor does He take pleasure in the legs of a man. |
147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently {and} worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy {and} loving-kindness. |
147:12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! |
147:13 For He has strengthened and made hard the bars of your gates, and He has blessed your children within you. |
147:14 He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat. |
147:15 He sends forth His commandment to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. |
147:16 He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. |
147:17 He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? |
147:18 He sends out His word, and melts [ice and snow]; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. |
147:19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. |
147:20 He has not dealt so with any [other] nation; they have not known (understood, appreciated, given heed to, and cherished) His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) |