Psalms, 147

1. Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.

1. Alleluia! How good it is to sing to our God, how sweet and befitting to praise him!

2. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

2. The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel;

3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

3. he heals their broken hearts and binds up their wounds.

4. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.

4. He determines the number of stars, he calls each of them by name.

5. Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite.

5. The Lord is great and mighty in power; his wisdom is beyond measure.

6. The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

6. The Lord lifts up the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

7. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

7. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving, make music on the harp for our God.

8. Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

8. With clouds he covers the sky, and provides the earth with rain; he covers the hills with grass, and with plants for man to cultivate.

9. He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.

9. He provides food for the cattle, even for the young ravens when they call.

10. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

10. He is not concerned with the strength of a horse; nor is he pleased in the speed of a runner;

11. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

11. The Lord delights in those who fear him and expect him to care for them.

12. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

12. Exalt the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!

13. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

13. For he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your children within you.

14. He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

14. He grants peace on your borders and feeds you with the finest grain.

15. He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

15. He sends his command to the earth and swiftly runs his word.

16. He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

16. He spreads snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.

17. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

17. He hurls down hail like pebbles; who will stand before his icy blasts?

18. He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.

18. But he sends his word and melts the snow; he makes his breeze blow, and again the waters flow.

19. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

19. It is he who tells Jacob his words, his laws and decrees to Israel.

20. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

20. This he has not done for other nations, so his laws remain unknown to them. Alleluia!