## Psalms Chapter 147

###### Psalms 147:1
[Psalms 147:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:1)

הַ֥לְלוּ־יָ֨הּ**׀** כִּי־ט֭וֹב זַמְּרָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ כִּי־נָ֝עִ֗ים נָאוָ֥ה תְהִלָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Praise the Lord: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is comely.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hallelukah! [Praise the L rd!] For it is good to sing to our G d. Because He is pleasant, praise becomes [Him].


###### Psalms 147:2
[Psalms 147:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:2)

בּוֹנֵ֣ה יְרוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם יְהֹוָ֑ה נִדְחֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל יְכַנֵּֽס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord builds Yerushalayim: he gathers together the outcasts of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd builds Jerusalem and gathers in the outcasts of Israel.


###### Psalms 147:3
[Psalms 147:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:3)

הָ֭רֹפֵא לִשְׁב֣וּרֵי לֵ֑ב וּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁ לְעַצְּבוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He heals the broken-hearted and binds their wounds.


###### Psalms 147:4
[Psalms 147:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:4)

מוֹנֶ֣ה מִ֭סְפָּר לַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים לְ֝כֻלָּ֗ם שֵׁמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He counts the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He assigns a count to the stars. He calls all of them by name.


###### Psalms 147:5
[Psalms 147:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:5)

גָּד֣וֹל אֲדוֹנֵ֣ינוּ וְרַב־כֹּ֑חַ לִ֝תְבוּנָת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Great is our L rd, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.


###### Psalms 147:6
[Psalms 147:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:6)

מְעוֹדֵ֣ד עֲנָוִ֣ים יְהֹוָ֑ה מַשְׁפִּ֖יל רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֲדֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord upholds the humble: he casts the wicked down to the ground.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd heartens the humble. He lowers the wicked to the ground.


###### Psalms 147:7
[Psalms 147:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:7)

עֱנ֣וּ לַֽיהֹוָ֣ה בְּתוֹדָ֑ה זַמְּר֖וּ לֵאלֹהֵ֣ינוּ בְכִנּֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the lyre to our God:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Answer the L rd in thanksgiving; sing to the L rd on the lyre.


###### Psalms 147:8
[Psalms 147:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:8)

הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה שָׁמַ֨יִם**׀** בְּעָבִ֗ים הַמֵּכִ֣ין לָאָ֣רֶץ מָטָ֑ר הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ הָרִ֣ים חָצִֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He covers the skies with clouds. He readies rain for the earth. He makes the mountains sprout with grass.


###### Psalms 147:9
[Psalms 147:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:9)

נוֹתֵ֣ן לִבְהֵמָ֣ה לַחְמָ֑הּ לִבְנֵ֥י עֹ֝רֵ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִקְרָֽאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens which cry.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He gives the beast its bread; the young of the raven [(who is cruel" to his offspring)] what they cry for.


###### Psalms 147:10
[Psalms 147:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:10)

לֹ֤א בִגְבוּרַ֣ת הַסּ֣וּס יֶחְפָּ֑ץ לֹא־בְשׁוֹקֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ יִרְצֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He desires not [the truster in] the strength of the horse. He desires not [the truster in] the [lightness of the] legs of a man.


###### Psalms 147:11
[Psalms 147:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:11)

רוֹצֶ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה אֶת־יְרֵאָ֑יו אֶת־הַֽמְיַחֲלִ֥ים לְחַסְדּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd desires those who fear Him, those who aspire to His lovingkindness.


###### Psalms 147:12
[Psalms 147:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:12)

שַׁבְּחִ֣י יְ֭רוּשָׁלַ͏ִם אֶת־יְהֹוָ֑ה הַֽלְלִ֖י אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ צִיּֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Praise the Lord, O Yerushalayim; praise Thy God, O Żiyyon.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Praise the L rd, O Jerusalem! Praise your G d, O Zion!


###### Psalms 147:13
[Psalms 147:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:13)

כִּֽי־חִ֭זַּק בְּרִיחֵ֣י שְׁעָרָ֑יִךְ בֵּרַ֖ךְ בָּנַ֣יִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He has strengthened the bolts of your gates. He has blessed your children in your midst.


###### Psalms 147:14
[Psalms 147:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:14)

הַשָּׂם־גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְ שָׁל֑וֹם חֵ֥לֶב חִ֝טִּ֗ים יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He makes peace in Thy borders, and fills thee with the finest of the wheat.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He reposes peace in your borders. He sates you with the fats of wheat.


###### Psalms 147:15
[Psalms 147:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:15)

הַשֹּׁלֵ֣חַ אִמְרָת֣וֹ אָ֑רֶץ עַד־מְ֝הֵרָ֗ה יָר֥וּץ דְּבָרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He sends forth his commandment upon the earth: his word runs very swiftly.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sends His word [i.e., rain] earthward; quickly does His word run.


###### Psalms 147:16
[Psalms 147:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:16)

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן שֶׁ֣לֶג כַּצָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּאֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoar frost like ashes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He gives snow as wool. He scatters hoarfrost as ashes.


###### Psalms 147:17
[Psalms 147:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:17)

מַשְׁלִ֣יךְ קַֽרְח֣וֹ כְפִתִּ֑ים לִפְנֵ֥י קָ֝רָת֗וֹ מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He casts His ice as flakes. Who can stand before His cold?


###### Psalms 147:18
[Psalms 147:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:18)

יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּבָר֣וֹ וְיַמְסֵ֑ם יַשֵּׁ֥ב ר֝וּח֗וֹ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow: they run as water.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sends forth His word and He melts them [(the flakes)]. He makes His [west] wind blow and they flow water.


###### Psalms 147:19
[Psalms 147:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:19)

מַגִּ֣יד דְּבָרָ֣ו לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב חֻקָּ֥יו וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטָ֗יו לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He declares his Word to Ya῾aqov, his statutes and his judgments to Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He tells His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.


###### Psalms 147:20
[Psalms 147:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/147:20)

לֹ֘א־עָ֤שָׂה כֵ֨ן**׀** לְכׇל־גּ֗וֹי וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֥ים בַּל־יְדָע֗וּם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has not dealt so with any other nation: and as for his ordinances they have not known them. Haleluya!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has not done so with any nation, and they do not know His judgments, Hallelukah!