147:1 ①Praise ②the LORD!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
For ③it is pleasant and praise is ④beautiful.
▷ ①Or Hallelujah! ②Heb YAH ③Or He is delightful ④Or fitting
147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
He gathers the outcasts of Israel.
147:3 He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their ①wounds.
▷ ①Lit pains
147:4 He counts the number of the stars;
He ①gives names to all of them.
▷ ①Or calls them all by their names
147:5 Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is ①infinite.
▷ ①Lit innumerable
147:6 The LORD ①supports the afflicted;
He brings the wicked down to the ground.
▷ ①Or relieves
147:7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
147:8 It is He who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass sprout on the mountains.
147:9 It is He who gives an animal its food,
And feeds young ravens that cry.
147:10 He does not delight in ①the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the ②legs of a man.
▷ ①I.e., as a military asset ②I.e., as a military asset
147:11 The LORD favors those who fear Him,
Those who wait for His ①faithfulness.
▷ ①Or mercy
147:12 Praise the LORD, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!
147:13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your sons among you.
147:14 He makes ①peace in your borders;
He satisfies you with the ②finest of the wheat.
▷ ①Lit your borders peace ②Lit fat
147:15 He sends His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
147:16 He ①showers snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes.
▷ ①Lit gives
147:17 He hurls His ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?
147:18 He sends His word and makes them melt;
He makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.
147:19 He declares His words to Jacob,
His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
147:20 He has not dealt this way with any other nation;
And as for His judgments, ①they have not known them.
②Praise ③the LORD!
▷ ①I.e., the other nations ②Or Hallelujah! ③Heb YAH