Psalms 147

halelu-yah ki-tov zammerah elohenu ki-na'im navah tehillah

Hallelujah. It is good to chant hymns to our God; it is pleasant to sing glorious praise.

boneh yerushalai͏m Adonai nidkhe yisra'el yekhannes

GOD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathering in the exiles of Israel—

harofe lishvure lev umekhabbesh le'atsevotam

healing their broken hearts, and binding up their wounds.

moneh mispar lakkokhavim lekhullam shemot yiqra

[God] reckoned the number of the stars and gave each its name.

gadol adonenu verav-koakh litvunato en mispar

Great and full of power is our Sovereign— whose wisdom is beyond reckoning.

me'oded anavim Adonai mashpil resha'im ade-arets

GOD gives courage to the lowly, and brings the wicked down to the dust.

enu la-Adonai betodah zammeru lelohenu vekhinnor

Sing to GOD a song of praise, chant a hymn with a lyre to our God,

hamekhasseh shamayim be'avim hammekhin la'arets matar hammatsmiakh harim khatsir

who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes mountains put forth grass;

noten livhemah lakhmah livne orev asher yiqra'u

who gives the beasts their food, to the raven’s brood what they cry for.

lo vigvurat hassus yekhpats lo-veshoqe ha'ish yirtseh

[God] does not prize the strength of horses, nor value the warrior’s fleetness;

rotseh Adonai et-yere'ayw et-hameyakhalim lekhasdo

but GOD values those who show reverence, those who depend on God’s faithful care.

shabbekhi yerushalai͏m et-Adonai haleli elohayikh tsiyyon

O Jerusalem, glorify GOD; praise your God, O Zion!

ki-khizzaq berikhe she'arayikh berakh banayikh beqirbekh

For the bars of your gates have been made strong, and your children have been blessed within you.

hassam-gevulekh shalom khelev khittim yasbi'ekh

Your realm has been endowed with well-being, and you have been satisfied with choice wheat.

hasholeakh imrato arets ad-meherah yaruts devaro

[God] sends forth words to the earth with swift commands.

hannoten sheleg katsamer kefor ka'efer yefazzer

[God] lays down snow like fleece, scatters frost like ashes.

mashlikh qarkho khefittim lifne qarato mi ya'amod

[God] tosses down hail like crumbs— who can endure such icy cold?

yishlakh devaro veyamsem yashev rukho yizzelu-mayim

[God] issues a command—it melts them; breathes, and the waters flow.

maggid devarav leya'aqov khuqqayw umishpatayw leyisra'el

Divine commands were issued to Jacob, God’s statutes and rules to Israel.

lo-asah khen lekhol-goy umishpatim bal-yeda'um halelu-yah

This was not done for any other nation; of such rules they know nothing. Hallelujah.