Psalms, 147

¹ Praise Jah, YOU people,^*1 For it is good to make melody to our God; For it is pleasant—praise is fitting.

² Jehovah is building Jerusalem; The dispersed ones of Israel he brings together.

³ He is healing the brokenhearted ones, And is binding up their painful spots.

⁴ He is counting the number of the stars; All of them he calls by [their] names.

⁵ Our Lord^*1 is great and is abundant in power; His understanding is beyond recounting.

⁶ Jehovah is relieving the meek ones; He is abasing the wicked ones to the earth.

⁷ Respond to Jehovah with thanksgiving, YOU people; Make melody to our God on the harp,

⁸ The One who is covering the heavens with clouds, The One preparing rain for the earth, The One making the mountains to sprout green grass.

⁹ To the beasts he is giving their food, To the young ravens^*1 that keep calling.

¹⁰ Not in the mightiness of the horse does he take delight, Nor in the legs of the man^*1 does he find pleasure.

¹¹ Jehovah is finding pleasure in those fearing him, In those waiting for his loving-kindness.

¹² Commend Jehovah, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.

¹³ For he has made the bars of your gates strong; He has blessed your sons in the midst of you.

¹⁴ He is putting peace in your territory; With the fat^*1 of the wheat he keeps satisfying you.

¹⁵ He is sending his saying to the earth; With speed his word runs.

¹⁶ He is giving snow like wool; Hoarfrost he scatters just like ashes.

¹⁷ He is throwing his ice like morsels. Before his cold who can stand?

¹⁸ He sends forth his word and melts them. He causes his wind^*1 to blow; The waters trickle.

¹⁹ He is telling his word to Jacob, His regulations and his judicial decisions to Israel.

²⁰ He has not done that way to any other nation; And as for [his] judicial decisions, they have not known them.^*1 Praise Jah, YOU people!