Revised Version 1895

Psalms 147

1Praiseהַ֥לְלוּHa.luH1984ye theLORDיָ֨הּ׀yahH3050; for it isgoodט֭וֹבTovH2896tosingזַמְּרָ֣הza.me.RahH2167praisesH2167unto ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430; for it ispleasantנָ֝עִיםNa.'imH5273, andpraiseH1984iscomelyנָאוָ֥הna.VahH5000.

2TheLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068dothbuildH1129upH1129Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֣םye.ru.sha.LimH3389; he gathereth together the outcasts ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

3He healeth thebrokenלִשְׁב֣וּרֵיlish.Vu.reiH7665inheartלֵ֑בLevH3820, and bindethupוּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁu.me.cha.BeshH2280theirwoundsלְעַצְּבוֹתָֽם׃le.'a.tze.vo.TamH6094.

4He telleth thenumberמִ֭סְפָּרMis.porH4557of thestarsלַכּוֹכָבִ֑יםla.ko.kha.VimH3556; he giveth themallלְ֝כֻלָּ֗םle.khu.LamH3605theirnamesשֵׁמ֥וֹתshe.MotH8034.

5Greatגָּד֣וֹלga.DolH1419is ourLordאֲדוֹנֵ֣ינוּ'a.do.Nei.nuH113, andmightyH1419inpowerכֹּ֑חַKo.achH3581; hisunderstandingלִ֝תְבוּנָת֗וֹlit.vu.na.ToH8394is infinite.

6TheLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068upholdeth the meek: he bringeth thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563downמַשְׁפִּ֖ילmash.PilH8213to thegroundאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

7SingH2167unto theLORDלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068withthanksgivingבְּתוֹדָ֑הbe.to.DahH8426;singH2167praisesH2167upon theharpבְכִנּֽוֹר׃ve.khi.NorH3658unto ourGodלֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּle.lo.Hei.nuH430:

8Who covereth theheavenשָׁמַ֨יִם׀sha.Ma.yimH8064withcloudsבְּעָבִ֗יםbe.'a.VimH5645, who preparethrainמָטָ֑רma.TarH4306for theearthלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776, who makethgrassחָצִֽיר׃cha.TzirH2682togrowהַמַּצְמִ֖יחַha.matz.Mi.achH6779upon themountainsהָרִ֣יםha.RimH2022.

9He giveth to thebeastלִבְהֵמָ֣הliv.he.MahH929hisfoodלַחְמָ֑הּlach.MahH3899, and to theyoungלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121ravensעֹ֝רֵ֗ב'o.RevH6158whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834cryיִקְרָֽאוּ׃yik.Ra.'uH7121.

10He delightethnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808in thestrengthבִגְבוּרַ֣תvig.vu.RatH1369of thehorseהַסּ֣וּסha.SusH5483: he takethnoלֹֽא־lo'-H3808pleasureיִרְצֶֽה׃yir.TzehH7521in thelegsבְשׁוֹקֵ֖יve.sho.KeiH7785of amanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376.

11TheLORDH3068takethpleasureרוֹצֶ֣הro.TzehH7521in them thatfearיְרֵאָ֑יוye.re.'AvH3373him, inthoseH853thathopeהַֽמְיַחֲלִ֥יםham.ya.cha.LimH3176in hismercyH3068.

12Praiseהַֽלְלִ֖יha.LiH1984theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, OJerusalemיְ֭רוּשָׁלִַםYe.ru.sha.limH3389;praiseH1984thyGodאֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ'e.lo.Ha.yikhH430, OZionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726.

13For he hathstrengthenedחִ֭זַּקChi.zakH2388thebarsבְּרִיחֵ֣יbe.ri.CheiH1280of thygatesשְׁעָרָ֑יִךְshe.'a.Ra.yikhH8179; he hathblessedבֵּרַ֖ךְbe.RakhH1288thychildrenבָּנַ֣יִךְba.Na.yikhH1121withinבְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃be.kir.BekhH7130thee.

14He makethpeaceשָׁל֑וֹםsha.LomH7965in thybordersגְּבוּלֵ֥ךְge.vu.LekhH1366; he filleth thee with thefinestחֵ֥לֶבChe.levH2459of thewheatחִ֝טִּ֗יםchi.TimH2406.

15He sendethoutהַשֹּׁלֵ֣חַha.sho.Le.achH7971hiscommandmentH1697uponearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776; hiswordדְּבָרֽוֹ׃de.va.RoH1697runnethveryעַד־'ad-H5704swiftlyמְ֝הֵרָ֗הme.he.RahH4120.

16He givethsnowשֶׁ֣לֶגShe.legH7950likewoolכַּצָּ֑מֶרka.Tza.merH6785; he scattereth the hoar frost likeashesכָּאֵ֥פֶרka.'E.ferH665.

17He casteth forth hisiceקַֽרְח֣וֹkar.ChoH7140like morsels: whocanמִ֣יmiH4310standיַעֲמֹֽד׃ya.'a.ModH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440hiscoldקָ֝רָת֗וֹka.ra.ToH7135?

18He sendethoutיִשְׁלַ֣חyish.LachH7971hiswordדְּבָר֣וֹde.va.RoH1697, and melteth them: he causeth hiswindר֝וּח֗וֹru.ChoH7307toblowיַשֵּׁ֥בya.ShevH5380, and thewatersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325flowיִזְּלוּ־yi.ze.lu-H5140.

19He sheweth hiswordדְּבָרָ֣יוde.va.rovH1697untoJacobלְיַעֲקֹ֑בle.ya.'a.KoH3290, hisstatutesחֻקָּ֥יוchu.KavH2706and hisjudgmentsוּ֝מִשְׁפָּטָ֗יוu.mish.pa.TavH4941untoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃le.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

20He hathnotH3808dealtsoכֵ֨ן׀khenH3651withanyלְכָל־le.kholH3605nationגּ֗וֹיGoyH1471: and as for hisjudgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטִ֥יםu.mish.pa.TimH4941, they havenotH3808knownיְדָע֗וּםye.da.'UmH3045them.Praiseהַֽלְלוּ־ha.lu-H1984ye theLORDיָֽהּ׃YahH3050.

Commentaries on Psalms 147

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