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Psalm 147 Young's Literal Translation

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YLT Young's Literal Translation
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.
1 ALABAD á JAH, porque es bueno cantar salmos á nuestro Dios; porque suave y hermosa es la alabanza.
1 Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
2 Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
2 Jehová edifica á Jerusalem; á los echados de Israel recogerá.
2 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3 Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
3 El sana á los quebrantados de corazón, y liga sus heridas.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
4 Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
4 El cuenta el número de las estrellas; á todas ellas llama por sus nombres.
4 He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
5 Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
5 Grande es el Señor nuestro, y de mucha potencia; y de su entendimiento no hay número.
5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
6 Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
6 Jehová ensalza á los humildes; humilla los impíos hasta la tierra.
6 Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7 Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
7 Cantad á Jehová con alabanza, cantad con arpa á nuestro Dios.
7 Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8 Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
8 El [es] el que cubre los cielos de nubes, el que prepara la lluvia para la tierra, el que hace á los montes producir hierba.
8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
9 Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
9 El da á la bestia su mantenimiento, [y] á los hijos de los cuervos que claman.
9 He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
10 Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.
10 No toma contentamiento en la fortaleza del caballo, ni se complace en las piernas del hombre.
10 He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
11 Complácese Jehová en los que le temen, y en los que esperan en su misericordia.
11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
12 Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
12 Alaba á Jehová, Jerusalem; alaba á tu Dios, Sión.
12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
13 For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
13 Porque fortificó los cerrojos de tus puertas; bendijo á tus hijos dentro de ti.
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
14 Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
14 El pone en tu término la paz; te hará saciar de grosura de trigo.
14 He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
15 El envía su palabra á la tierra; muy presto corre su palabra.
15 He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
16 Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
16 El da la nieve como lana, derrama la escarcha como ceniza.
16 He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
17 Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
17 El echa su hielo como pedazos: delante de su frío ¿quién estará?
17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow — the waters flow.
18 Enviará su palabra, y los derretirá: soplará su viento, y fluirán las aguas.
18 He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
19 El denuncia sus palabras á Jacob, sus estatutos y sus juicios á Israel.
19 He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
20 He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!
20 No ha hecho esto con toda gente; y no conocieron sus juicios. Aleluya.
20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
Cross references (20)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 135:3; Psalm 92:1; Psalm 33:1; Psalm 42:4; Psalm 63:3–5
  2. 2 Isaiah 56:8; Deuteronomy 30:3; Psalm 51:18; Psalm 102:20–22; Isaiah 62:7
  3. 3 Psalm 34:18; Job 5:18; Jeremiah 33:6; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18
  4. 4 Isaiah 40:26; Psalm 148:3; Psalm 8:3; Genesis 15:5
  5. 5 Isaiah 40:28; Psalm 139:17–18; Psalm 96:4; Romans 11:33; Nahum 1:3
  6. 6 Psalm 25:9; 1 Peter 5:6; Psalm 146:8–9; James 4:10; Zephaniah 2:3
  7. 7 Psalm 95:1–2; Psalm 47:6–7; Psalm 68:32; Psalm 107:21–22; Psalm 92:1–3
  8. 8 Job 5:10; Psalm 65:9–13; Genesis 9:14; Job 26:8–9; Acts 14:17
  9. 9 Psalm 104:27–28; Job 38:41; Matthew 6:26; Psalm 136:25; Luke 12:24
  10. 10 1 Samuel 16:7; Isaiah 31:1; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 33:16–18; Proverbs 21:31
  11. 11 Psalm 33:18; Malachi 3:16–17; Zephaniah 3:17; Psalm 149:4; Isaiah 62:4
  12. 12 Joel 2:23; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 52:7; Psalm 146:10; Psalm 135:19–21
  13. 13 Psalm 128:3–6; Isaiah 44:3–5; Psalm 115:14–15; Jeremiah 30:19–20; Psalm 144:12
  14. 14 Psalm 29:11; Isaiah 60:17–18; Psalm 81:16; Psalm 132:15; Deuteronomy 32:14
  15. 15 Job 37:12; Psalm 107:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Matthew 8:8–9; Matthew 8:13
  16. 16 Job 37:6; Job 38:29; Psalm 148:8; Isaiah 55:10; Job 37:9–10
  17. 17 Job 38:29–30; Job 38:22–23; Psalm 78:47–48; Job 37:9–10; Exodus 9:23–25
  18. 18 Psalm 147:15; Psalm 33:9; Job 37:10; Job 6:16–17; Psalm 107:20
  19. 19 Malachi 4:4; Psalm 78:5; Deuteronomy 33:2–4; Romans 9:4; Deuteronomy 5:22
  20. 20 Deuteronomy 4:32–34; Deuteronomy 4:7–8; Romans 3:1–2; Ephesians 2:12; 1 Peter 2:9–10

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXLVI)

    Behold the Psalm soundeth; it is the voice of some one (and that some one are ye, if ye will), of some one encouraging his soul to praise God, and saying to himself, "Praise the Lord, O my soul" (ver. 1).

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 147:5 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XII, Chapters 16–18)

    … bringeth out their host by number." And the Saviour says in the Gospel, "The very hairs of your head are all numbered." Far be it, then, from us to doubt that all number is known to Him "whose understanding," according to the Psalmist, "is infinite." The infinity of number, though there be no numbering of infinite numbers, is yet not …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 147:9 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXI)

    … lesson David also lays the foundation from old time, saying enigmatically on this wise, "Thou openest Thine hand, and fillest every living thing with bounty;" and again, "To Him that giveth to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that call upon Him." "Who then," it may be said, "have not taken thought"?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 147:4 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VI)

    Thou beholdest the stars, but their Maker thou beholdest not: count these which are visible, and then describe Him who is invisible, Who telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 147:4 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    Know you the bond of Pleiades, or the fence of Orion as He who counteth the number of the stars and calleth them all by their names? Know you the differences of the glory of each, and the order of their movement, that I should trust you, when by them you weave the web of human concerns, and arm the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)