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1 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
2 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
6 Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
9 He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
10 He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
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Cross-references in Psalms 147 (28)
- v.3 Psalms 34:18
- v.3 Job 5:18
- v.3 Jeremiah 33:6
- v.3 Luke 4:18
- v.3 Isaiah 61:1
- v.13 Psalms 128:3-6
- v.3 Hosea 6:1-2
- v.3 Psalms 51:17
- v.3 Isaiah 57:15
- v.3 Malachi 4:2
- v.13 Psalms 115:14-15
- v.13 Isaiah 44:3-5
- v.3 Ezekiel 34:16
- v.11 Psalms 33:18
- v.13 Jeremiah 30:19-20
- v.3 Isaiah 1:5-6
- v.13 Psalms 144:12
- v.5 Isaiah 40:28
- v.11 Malachi 3:16-17
- v.13 Psalms 125:2
- v.14 Psalms 29:11
- v.4 Isaiah 40:26
- v.9 Psalms 104:27-28
- v.14 Isaiah 60:17-18
- v.11 Zephaniah 3:17
- v.14 Psalms 81:16
- v.5 Psalms 139:17-18
- v.11 Psalms 149:4
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 147:1–20 (141 words)
- הַ֥לְלוּhallûhalal: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color)H1984
- יָ֨הּ׀yāhYahh: Jah, the sacred nameH3050
- כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- ט֭וֹבṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
- זַמְּרָ֣הzammĕrâzamar: (properly) to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon itH2167
- אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּʾĕlōhênûelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- נָ֝עִיםnāʿîmna`iym: delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)H5273
- נָאוָ֥הnāʾwâna'veh: suitable, or beautifulH5000
- תְהִלָּֽה׃tĕhillâthillah: laudation; (specifically, concretely) a hymnH8416
- בּוֹנֵ֣הbônēbanah: to build (literally and figuratively)H1129
- יְרוּשָׁלִַ֣םyĕrûšālaimYruwshalaim: founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of IsraelH3389
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- נִדְחֵ֖יnidḥêdachah: to push downH1760
- יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
- יְכַנֵּֽס׃yĕkannēskanac: to collect; (hence) to enfoldH3664
- הָ֭רֹפֵאhārōpēʾrapha': (properly) to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cureH7495
- לִשְׁב֣וּרֵיlišbûrêshabar: to burst (literally or figuratively)H7665
- לֵ֑בlēbleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
- וּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁûmĕḥabbēšchabash: to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle)H2280
- לְעַצְּבוֹתָֽם׃lĕʿaṣṣĕbôtām`atstsebeth: a idol; also, a pain or woundH6094
- מוֹנֶ֣הmônemanah: (properly) to weigh out; (by implication) to allot or constitute officiallyH4487
- מִ֭סְפָּרmispormicpar: a number; (definite) arithmetical numberH4557
- לַכּוֹכָבִ֑יםlakkôkābîmkowkab: a star (as round or as shining); (figuratively) a princeH3556
- לְ֝כֻלָּ֗םlĕkullāmkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- שֵׁמ֥וֹתšēmôtshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
- יִקְרָֽא׃yiqrāʾqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
- גָּד֣וֹלgādôlgadowl: great (in any sense); (hence) olderH1419
- אֲדוֹנֵ֣ינוּʾădônênûadown: sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)H113
- וְרַבwĕrabrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- כֹּ֑חַkōaḥkoach: vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)H3581
- לִ֝תְבוּנָת֗וֹlitbûnātôtabuwn: intelligence; (by implication) an argumentH8394
- אֵ֣יןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
- מִסְפָּֽר׃mispārmicpar: a number; (definite) arithmetical numberH4557
- מְעוֹדֵ֣דmĕʿôdēd`uwd: to duplicate or repeat; (by implication) to protest, testify (as by reiteration)H5749
- עֲנָוִ֣יםʿănāwîm`anav: depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)H6035
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- מַשְׁפִּ֖ילmašpîlshaphel: to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)H8213
- רְשָׁעִ֣יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
- עֲדֵיʿădê`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- אָֽרֶץ׃ʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
- עֱנ֣וּʿĕnû`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
- לַיהוָ֣הlayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- בְּתוֹדָ֑הbĕtôdâtowdah: (properly) an extension of the hand; (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adorationH8426
- זַמְּר֖וּzammĕrûzamar: (properly) to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon itH2167
- לֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּlēʾlōhênûelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- בְכִנּֽוֹר׃bĕkinnôrkinnowr: a harpH3658
- הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬הhamkassekacah: (properly) to plump, i.e. fill up hollowsH3680
- שָׁמַ֨יִם׀šāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
- בְּעָבִ֗יםbĕʿābîm`ab: (properly) an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4H5645
- הַמֵּכִ֣יןhammēkînkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
- לָאָ֣רֶץlāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
- מָטָ֑רmāṭārmatar: rainH4306
- הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַhammaṣmîaḥtsamach: to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)H6779
- הָרִ֣יםhārîmhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
- חָצִֽיר׃ḥāṣîrchatsiyr: grass; also a leek (collectively)H2682
- נוֹתֵ֣ןnôtēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
- לִבְהֵמָ֣הlibhēmâbhemah: (properly) a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)H929
- לַחְמָ֑הּlaḥmāhlechem: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)H3899
- לִבְנֵ֥יlibnêben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- עֹ֝רֵ֗בʿōrēb`oreb: a raven (from its dusky hue)H6158
- אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- יִקְרָֽאוּ׃yiqrāʾûqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
- לֹ֤אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- בִגְבוּרַ֣תbigbûratgbuwrah: force (literally or figuratively); (by implication) valor, victoryH1369
- הַסּ֣וּסhassûscuwc: a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)H5483
- יֶחְפָּ֑ץyeḥpāṣchaphets: (properly) to incline to; (by implication) (literally but rarely) to bendH2654
- לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- בְשׁוֹקֵ֖יbĕšôqêshowq: the (lower) leg (as a runner)H7785
- הָאִ֣ישׁhāʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- יִרְצֶֽה׃yirṣeratsah: to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debtH7521
- רוֹצֶ֣הrôṣeratsah: to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debtH7521
- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- יְרֵאָ֑יוyĕrēʾāywyare': fearing; morally, reverentH3373
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- הַֽמְיַחֲלִ֥יםhamyaḥălîmyachal: to wait; (by implication) to be patient, hopeH3176
- לְחַסְדּֽוֹ׃lĕḥasdôcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
- שַׁבְּחִ֣יšabbĕḥîshabach: (properly) to address in a loud tone, i.e. (specifically) loudH7623
- יְ֭רוּשָׁלִַםyĕrûšālaimYruwshalaim: founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of IsraelH3389
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- הַֽלְלִ֖יhallîhalal: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color)H1984
- אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְʾĕlōhayikelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- צִיּֽוֹן׃ṣiyyônTsiyown: Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemH6726
- כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- חִ֭זַּקḥizzaqchazaq: to fasten uponH2388
- בְּרִיחֵ֣יbĕrîḥêbriyach: a boltH1280
- שְׁעָרָ֑יִךְšĕʿārāyiksha`ar: an opening, i.e. door or gateH8179
- בֵּרַ֖ךְbērakbarak: to kneel; (implication, man toward God) to bless God as an act of adorationH1288
- בָּנַ֣יִךְbānayikben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
- בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃bĕqirbēkqereb: (properly) the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with...H7130
- הַשָּׂםhaśśāmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
- גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְgĕbûlēkgbuwl: (properly) a cord (as twisted); (by implication) a boundaryH1366
- שָׁל֑וֹםšālômshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
- חֵ֥לֶבḥēlebcheleb: fat, whether literally or figuratively; (hence) the richest or choice partH2459
- חִ֝טִּ֗יםḥiṭṭîmchittah: wheat, whether the grain or the plantH2406
- יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְ׃yaśbîʿēksaba`: to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)H7646
- הַשֹּׁלֵ֣חַhaššōlēaḥshalach: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)H7971
- אִמְרָת֣וֹʾimrātôimrah: meaning the same as H0561H565
- אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
- עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
- מְ֝הֵרָ֗הmĕhērâmherah: (properly) a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptlyH4120
- יָר֥וּץyārûṣruwts: to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)H7323
- דְּבָרֽוֹ׃dĕbārôdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- הַנֹּתֵ֣ןhannōtēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
- שֶׁ֣לֶגšelegsheleg: snow (probably from its whiteness)H7950
- כַּצָּ֑מֶרkaṣṣāmertsemer: woolH6785
- כְּ֝פ֗וֹרkĕpôrkphowr: (properly) a cover; (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet)H3713
- כָּאֵ֥פֶרkāʾēperepher: ashesH665
- יְפַזֵּֽר׃yĕpazzērpazar: to scatter, whether in enmity or bountyH6340
- מַשְׁלִ֣יךְmašlîkshalak: to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)H7993
- קַֽרְח֣וֹqarḥôqerach: ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); (hence) hailH7140
- כְפִתִּ֑יםkĕpittîmpath: a bitH6595
- לִפְנֵ֥יlipnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- קָ֝רָת֗וֹqārātôqarah: coolnessH7135
- מִ֣יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
- יַעֲמֹֽד׃yaʿămōd`amad: to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)H5975
- יִשְׁלַ֣חyišlaḥshalach: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)H7971
- דְּבָר֣וֹdĕbārôdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- וְיַמְסֵ֑םwĕyamsēmmacah: to dissolveH4529
- יַשֵּׁ֥בyaššēbnashab: to blow; (by implication) to disperseH5380
- ר֝וּח֗וֹrûḥôruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
- יִזְּלוּyizzĕlûnazal: to drip, or shed by tricklingH5140
- מָֽיִם׃māyimmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
- מַגִּ֣ידmaggîdnagad: (properly) to front, i.e. stand boldly out oppositeH5046
- דְּבָרָ֣וdĕbārāwdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
- לְיַעֲקֹ֑בlĕyaʿăqōbYa`aqob: heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290
- חֻקָּ֥יוḥuqqāywchoq: an enactment; (hence) an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)H2706
- וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטָ֗יוûmišpāṭāywmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
- לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃lĕyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
- לֹ֘אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- עָ֤שָׂהʿāśâ`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- כֵ֨ן׀kēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- לְכָלlĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- גּ֗וֹיgôygowy: a foreign nation; (hence) a GentileH1471
- וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֥יםûmišpāṭîmmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
- בַּלbalbal: (properly) a failure; (by implication) nothingH1077
- יְדָע֗וּםyĕdāʿûmyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
- הַֽלְלוּhallûhalal: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color)H1984
- יָֽהּ׃yāhYahh: Jah, the sacred nameH3050
Strong's words in Psalms 147 (6)
- Strong's H3068 — יְהוָ֑ה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 5 times in Psalms 147.
- Strong's H1697 — דְּבָרֽוֹ׃ (dĕbārô)
- dabar (daw-baw') n-m. 1. a word 2. (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thing 3. (adverbially) a cause [from H1696] KJV: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, busin. Appears 3 times in Psalms 147.
- Strong's H1984 — הַ֥לְלוּ (hallû)
- halal (haw-lal') v. 1. to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color) 2. to shine 3. (hence) to make a show, to boast 4. and thus to be (clamorously) foolish 5. to rave 6. causatively, to celebrate 7. also to stultify [a primitive root] KJV: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.. Appears 3 times in Psalms 147.
- Strong's H430 — אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (ʾĕlōhênû)
- elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m. 1. gods in the ordinary sense 2. but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God 3. occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates 4. and sometimes as a superlative [plural of H433] KJV: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. Root(s): H433. Appears 3 times in Psalms 147.
- Strong's H776 — אָֽרֶץ׃ (ʾāreṣ)
- erets (eh'-rets) n-f. 1. the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [from an unused root probably meaning to be firm] KJV: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.. Appears 3 times in Psalms 147.
- Strong's H1121 — לִבְנֵ֥י (libnê)
- ben (bane) n-m. 1. a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001 H0251, etc.)) [from H1129] KJV: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. Root(s): H1129 See also: H1, H251. Appears 2 times in Psalms 147.