Psalm 146:1–147:11
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146:1Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
146:2I will praise the Lord as long as I live!
I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!
146:3Do not trust in princes,
or in human beings, who cannot deliver!1
146:4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground;
on that day their plans die.2
146:5How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
146:6the one who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
who remains forever faithful,3
146:7vindicates the oppressed,4
and gives food to the hungry.
The Lord releases the imprisoned.
146:8The Lord gives sight to the blind.
The Lord lifts up all who are bent over.5
The Lord loves the godly.
146:9The Lord protects those residing outside their native land;
he lifts up the fatherless and the widow,6
but he opposes the wicked.7
146:10The Lord rules forever,
your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come!8
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 1479
147:1Praise the Lord,
for it is good to sing praises to our God!
Yes,1 praise is pleasant and appropriate!
147:2The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem,2
and gathers the exiles of Israel.
147:3He heals3 the brokenhearted,
and bandages their wounds.
147:4He counts the number of the stars;
he names all of them.
147:5Our Lord is great and has awesome power;4
there is no limit to his wisdom.5
147:6The Lord lifts up the oppressed,
but knocks6 the wicked to the ground.
147:7Offer to the Lord a song of thanks!7
Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!
147:8He covers8 the sky with clouds,
provides the earth with rain,
and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.9
147:9He gives food to the animals,
and to the young ravens when they chirp.10
147:10He is not enamored with the strength of a horse,
nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.11
147:11The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers,12
and in those who wait for his loyal love.
Footnotes
- 1 Heb “in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.”
- 2 Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b.
- 3 Heb “the one who guards faithfulness forever.”
- 4 Heb “executes justice for the oppressed.”
- 5 Perhaps “discouraged” (see Ps 57:6).
- 6 God is depicted here as a just ruler. In the ancient Near Eastern world a king was responsible for promoting justice, including caring for the weak and vulnerable, epitomized by resident aliens, the fatherless, and widows.
- 7 Heb “he makes the way of the wicked twisted.” The “way of the wicked” probably refers to their course of life (see Prov 4:19; Jer 12:1). God makes their path tortuous in the sense that he makes them pay the harmful consequences of their actions.
- 8 Heb “for a generation and a generation.”
- 9 Psalm 147. The psalmist praises the Lord for he is the sovereign ruler of the world who cares for the needs of his covenant people.
- 1 Or “for.”
- 2 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
- 3 Heb “the one who heals.”
- 4 Heb “and great of strength.”
- 5 Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”
- 6 Heb “brings down.”
- 7 Heb “sing to the Lord with thanksgiving.”
- 8 Heb “the one who covers.”
- 9 Heb “hills.”
- 10 Heb “which cry out.”
- 11 Heb “he does not desire the strength of the horse, he does not take delight in the legs of the man.” Here “the horse” refers to the war horse used by ancient Near Eastern chariot forces, and “the man” refers to the warrior whose muscular legs epitomize his strength.
- 12 Heb “those who fear him.”
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