Psalm 147
1Praise the Lord.147:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4He determines the number of the stars
and calls them each by name.
5Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
his understanding has no limit.
6The Lord sustains the humble
but casts the wicked to the ground.
7Sing to the Lord with grateful praise;
make music to our God on the harp.
8He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.
9He provides food for the cattle
and for the young ravens when they call.
10His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11the Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
12Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;
praise your God, Zion.
13He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses your people within you.
14He grants peace to your borders
and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15He sends his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16He spreads the snow like wool
and scatters the frost like ashes.
17He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who can withstand his icy blast?
18He sends his word and melts them;
he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19He has revealed his word to Jacob,
his laws and decrees to Israel.
20He has done this for no other nation;
they do not know his laws.147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them
Praise the Lord.
Zaburi 147
Kumsifu Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote
1147:1 Za 135:3; 33:1Msifuni Bwana.
Tazama jinsi ilivyo vyema kumwimbia Mungu wetu sifa,
jinsi inavyopendeza na kustahili kumsifu yeye!
2147:2 Za 51:18; 106:47; Kum 30:3; Isa 27:13; Yer 32:37; Eze 36:24Bwana hujenga Yerusalemu,
huwakusanya Israeli walio uhamishoni.
3147:3 Za 34:18; Isa 1:6; 61:1; Eze 34:16; Ebr 12:13; Ay 5:18; Lk 4:18Anawaponya waliovunjika mioyo
na kuvifunga vidonda vyao.
4147:4 Mwa 15:5; Isa 40:26Huzihesabu nyota
na huipa kila moja jina lake.
5147:5 Kut 14:31; Nah 1:3; 1Nya 16:25; Za 48:1; 145:3; Isa 40:28Bwana wetu ni mkuu na mwenye uwezo mwingi,
ufahamu wake hauna kikomo.
6147:6 2Nya 33:23; Za 146:8, 9; 37:9, 10; 145:20Bwana huwahifadhi wanyenyekevu
lakini huwashusha waovu mpaka mavumbini.
7147:7 Za 30:4; 33:3; 42:4; 27:6; 98:5; Efe 2:20Mwimbieni Bwana kwa shukrani,
mpigieni Mungu wetu kinubi.
8147:8 Kum 32:2; 11:14; 2Sam 1:21; Ay 26:8; 38:26; 5:10; 28:26; Za 104:14Yeye huzifunika anga kwa mawingu,
huinyeshea ardhi mvua,
na kuzifanya nyasi kuota juu ya vilima.
9147:9 Ay 38:41; Mt 6:26; Mwa 8:7; 1:30; Lk 12:24; Za 104:27, 28Huwapa chakula mifugo
na pia makinda ya kunguru yanapolia.
10147:10 1Sam 16:7; Hos 1:7; Ay 39:11; Za 33:16-17Furaha yake haipo katika nguvu za farasi,
wala furaha yake kwenye miguu ya mwanadamu.
11147:11 Za 35:27; 33:18; 103:11; 119:43; 6:4Bwana hupendezwa na wale wamchao,
wale wanaoweka tumaini lao katika upendo wake usiokoma.
12147:12 Za 48:1Mtukuze Bwana, ee Yerusalemu,
msifu Mungu wako, ee Sayuni,
13147:13 Kum 33:25; Law 25:21; Za 128:5; 134:3kwa maana huimarisha makomeo ya malango yako
na huwabariki watu wako walio ndani yako.
14147:14 Law 26:6; 2Sam 7:10; Isa 48:18; Za 132:15; Kum 32:14Huwapa amani mipakani mwenu
na kukushibisha kwa ngano safi kabisa.
15147:15 Ay 37:12; Za 33:9; 148:5; Isa 55:11Hutuma amri yake duniani,
neno lake hukimbia kasi.
16147:16 Za 148:8; Ay 37:12; 38:29Anatandaza theluji kama sufu
na kutawanya umande kama majivu.
17147:17 Kut 9:22, 23; Ay 38:22; Za 78:47Huvurumisha mvua yake ya mawe kama changarawe.
Ni nani awezaye kustahimili ukali wa baridi yake?
18147:18 Za 33:9; 107:20; 50:3Hutuma neno lake na kuviyeyusha,
huvumisha upepo wake, nayo maji hutiririka.
19147:19 Kut 20:1; Mal 4:4; Za 78:5; Yos 1:8; Kum 33:4; 2Fal 22:8; Rum 3:2; 9:4Amemfunulia Yakobo neno lake,
sheria zake na maagizo yake kwa Israeli.
20147:20 Rum 3:1-2; Kum 4:7-8, 32-34; Za 79:6; 103:1; 33:2; Mdo 14:16Hajafanya hivyo kwa taifa lingine lolote,
hawazijui sheria zake.
Msifuni Bwana.
