147:1 Praise the Lord,
for it is good to sing praises to our God!
Yes, 2 praise is pleasant and appropriate!
147:2 The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, 3
and gathers the exiles of Israel.
147:3 He heals 4 the brokenhearted,
and bandages their wounds.
147:4 He counts the number of the stars;
he names all of them.
147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; 5
there is no limit to his wisdom. 6
147:6 The Lord lifts up the oppressed,
but knocks 7 the wicked to the ground.
147:7 Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! 8
Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!
147:8 He covers 9 the sky with clouds,
provides the earth with rain,
and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. 10
1 sn Psalm 147. The psalmist praises the
2 tn Or “for.”
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn Heb “the one who heals.”
5 tn Heb “and great of strength.”
6 tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”
7 tn Heb “brings down.”
8 tn Heb “sing to the
9 tn Heb “the one who covers.”
10 tn Heb “hills.”