Text -- Psalms 147:12-20 (NET)

147:12 Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! 147:13 For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you. 147:14 He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain. 147:15 He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination. 147:16 He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes. 147:17 He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? 147:18 He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows. 147:19 He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel. 147:20 He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the Lord!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 147:13

¹ tn Heb “your sons.”

NET Notes: Psa 147:14

¹ tn Heb “the one who.”

² tn Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”

³ tn Heb “satisfies you with.”

NET Notes: Psa 147:15

¹ tn Heb “the one who.”

² tn Heb “the one who sends his word, the earth.” The Hebrew term אֶרֶץ (’erets, “earth”) is an adverbial accusative; one must supply a preposition before it (such as “through” or “to”) in the English translation.

³ tn Heb “swiftly his word runs.”

NET Notes: Psa 147:16

¹ tn Heb “the one who gives snow like wool, frost like ashes he scatters.”

NET Notes: Psa 147:17

¹ tn Heb “his ice.”

² tn Heb “Before his cold, who can stand?”

NET Notes: Psa 147:18

¹ tn Heb “he sends his word and melts them.”

² tn Heb “he blows his breath.”