Psalms 147
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Psalm 147
The 2nd Hallelujah Psalm
1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
It is good to sing to praise our God!
Yes, it is right to praise him and it makes us happy.
2The Lord is building Jerusalem again.
He is bringing home the Israelite exiles.
3He makes people who are very sad well again. #147:3 God's people lived as exiles in Babylon for 70 years. Then he brought his people home to Jerusalem again. He helped them to be happy again.
He helps their wounds to get better.
4He decided how many stars there should be in the sky.
He has given a name to each of them.
5Our Lord is great and very powerful.
He understands everything!
6The Lord gives help to poor people,
but he knocks down wicked people to the ground.
7Offer a song to the Lord,
to thank him for what he has done.
Make music with a harp
to praise our God.
8He fills the sky with clouds.
He sends rain to make the earth wet.
He causes grass to grow on the hills.
9He gives food for the animals to eat.
He feeds the young ravens when they cry. #147:9 A raven is a big, black bird.
10If a horse is very strong,
that does not please him.
If a soldier is brave,
that does not make him happy.
11Who does make the Lord happy?
People who respect him and serve him well.
People who trust him because they know he loves them.
12Jerusalem's people, praise the Lord!
Yes, Zion's people, praise your God! #147:12 God has given his people a city to live in. Zion was the special part of Jerusalem where God's Temple was built.
13 Praise him because he makes your city's gates strong.
He blesses the people who live there.
14He causes your borders to be safe from your enemies.
He gives you lots of the best wheat to eat.
15He sends his commands to reach all the earth.
Very soon the whole world knows what he wants.
16He covers the earth with snow,
like a white blanket.
He puts white frost everywhere,
like ashes that the wind blows.
17He throws hail from the sky,
like small stones.
When he sends a cold wind,
nobody can continue to stand.
18Then he commands it all to melt.
He makes the warm wind blow,
and the ice becomes streams of water.
19He sends his message to Jacob's descendants.
He gives his rules and laws to Israel's people. #147:19 Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob. So Jacob's descendants and Israel's people both mean the Israelites.
20He has not done that for any other nation.
They do not know his laws. #147:20 At that time, only the Israelite people knew God's rules and laws. Now, everybody who has a Bible can know how God wants us to live.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
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