Psalms 146 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 147

¹Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

KJVPraise^H1984^(H8761) ye the LORD^H3050: for it is good^H2896 to sing praises^H2167^(H8763) unto our God^H430; for it is pleasant^H5273; and praise^H8416 is comely^H5000.

² Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 doth build up^H1129^(H8802) Jerusalem^H3389: he gathereth together^H3664^(H8762) the outcasts^H1760^(H8737) of Israel^H3478.

³ He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

KJVHe healeth^H7495^(H8802) the broken^H7665^(H8803) in heart^H3820, and bindeth up^H2280^(H8764) their wounds^H6094.

⁴ He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

KJVHe telleth^H4487^(H8802) the number^H4557 of the stars^H3556; he calleth^H7121^(H8799) them all by their names^H8034.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

KJVGreat^H1419 is our Lord^H113, and of great^H7227 power^H3581: his understanding^H8394 is infinite^H4557.

⁶ Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 lifteth up^H5749^(H8767) the meek^H6035: he casteth^H8213 the wicked^H7563 down^H8213^(H8688) to the ground^H776.

⁷ Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

KJVSing^H6030^(H8798) unto the LORD^H3068 with thanksgiving^H8426; sing praise^H2167^(H8761) upon the harp^H3658 unto our God^H430:

⁸ who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

KJVWho covereth^H3680^(H8764) the heaven^H8064 with clouds^H5645, who prepareth^H3559^(H8688) rain^H4306 for the earth^H776, who maketh grass^H2682 to grow^H6779^(H8688) upon the mountains^H2022.

⁹ He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

KJVHe giveth^H5414^(H8802) to the beast^H929 his food^H3899, and to the young^H1121 ravens^H6158 which cry^H7121^(H8799).

¹⁰ He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

KJVHe delighteth^H2654^(H8799) not in the strength^H1369 of the horse^H5483: he taketh not pleasure^H7521^(H8799) in the legs^H7785 of a man^H376.

¹¹ Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 taketh pleasure^H7521^(H8802) in them that fear^H3373 him, in those that hope^H3176^(H8764) in his mercy^H2617.

¹² Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

KJVPraise^H7623^(H8761) the LORD^H3068, O Jerusalem^H3389; praise^H1984^(H8761) thy God^H430, O Zion^H6726.

¹³ For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

KJVFor he hath strengthened^H2388^(H8765) the bars^H1280 of thy gates^H8179; he hath blessed^H1288^(H8765) thy children^H1121 within^H7130 thee.

¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

KJVHe maketh^H7760^(H8802) peace^H7965 in thy borders^H1366, and filleth^H7646^(H8686) thee with the finest^H2459 of the wheat^H2406.

¹⁵ He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.

KJVHe sendeth forth^H7971^(H8802) his commandment^H565 upon earth^H776: his word^H1697 runneth^H7323^(H8799) very swiftly^H4120.

¹⁶ He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.

KJVHe giveth^H5414^(H8802) snow^H7950 like wool^H6785: he scattereth^H6340^(H8762) the hoarfrost^H3713 like ashes^H665.

¹⁷ He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?

KJVHe casteth forth^H7993^(H8688) his ice^H7140 like morsels^H6595: who can stand^H5975^(H8799) before^H6440 his cold^H7135?

¹⁸ He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

KJVHe sendeth out^H7971^(H8799) his word^H1697, and melteth^H4529^(H8686) them: he causeth his wind^H7307 to blow^H5380^(H8686), and the waters^H4325 flow^H5140^(H8799).

¹⁹ He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

KJVHe sheweth^H5046^(H8688) his word^H1697^(H8675)^H1697 unto Jacob^H3290, his statutes^H2706 and his judgments^H4941 unto Israel^H3478.

²⁰ He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

KJVHe hath not dealt^H6213^(H8804) so with any nation^H1471: and as for his judgments^H4941, they have not known^H3045^(H8804) them. Praise^H1984^(H8761) ye the LORD^H3050.

WEB·Psalms 146

¹Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

KJVPraise^H1984^(H8761) ye the LORD^H3050. Praise^H1984^(H8761) the LORD^H3068, O my soul^H5315.

² While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

KJVWhile I live^H2416 will I praise^H1984^(H8762) the LORD^H3068: I will sing praises^H2167^(H8762) unto my God^H430 while I have any being.

³ Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

KJVPut not your trust^H982^(H8799) in princes^H5081, nor in the son^H1121 of man^H120, in whom there is no help^H8668.

⁴ His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

KJVHis breath^H7307 goeth forth^H3318^(H8799), he returneth^H7725^(H8799) to his earth^H127; in that very day^H3117 his thoughts^H6250 perish^H6^(H8804).

⁵ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God,

KJVHappy^H835 is he that hath the God^H410 of Jacob^H3290 for his help^H5828, whose hope^H7664 is in the LORD^H3068 his God^H430:

⁶ who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

KJVWhich made^H6213^(H8802) heaven^H8064, and earth^H776, the sea^H3220, and all that therein is: which keepeth^H8104^(H8802) truth^H571 for ever^H5769:

⁷ who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

KJVWhich executeth^H6213^(H8802) judgment^H4941 for the oppressed^H6231^(H8803): which giveth^H5414^(H8802) food^H3899 to the hungry^H7457. The LORD^H3068 looseth^H5425^(H8688) the prisoners^H631^(H8803):

⁸ Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 openeth^H6491^(H8802) the eyes of the blind^H5787: the LORD^H3068 raiseth^H2210^(H8802) them that are bowed down^H3721^(H8803): the LORD^H3068 loveth^H157^(H8802) the righteous^H6662:

⁹ Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 preserveth^H8104^(H8802) the strangers^H1616; he relieveth^H5749^(H8766) the fatherless^H3490 and widow^H490: but the way^H1870 of the wicked^H7563 he turneth upside down^H5791^(H8762).

¹⁰ Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!

KJVThe LORD^H3068 shall reign^H4427^(H8799) for ever^H5769, even thy God^H430, O Zion^H6726, unto all^H1755 generations^H1755. Praise^H1984^(H8761) ye the LORD^H3050.

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