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147 ハレルヤ。主をほめたたえましょう。
神を賛美するのは、なんと麗しく、
喜ばしいことなのでしょう。
主はエルサレムの町を建て直し、
捕虜として連れ去られた人々を返してくださいます。
心の傷ついた人々を優しくいたわり、
傷口を覆ってくださいます。
主は星を数え、その一つ一つの名を呼ばれます。
偉大な主の御力は限りなく、主の知恵は無限です。
主は謙遜な人を支えますが、
悪者どもは地面に倒されます。

主に感謝の歌を歌いなさい。
竪琴の伴奏で、賛美の歌を歌いなさい。
神は雲で天を覆い隠し、夕立を送り、
牧草を青々と生えさせてくださいます。
また野の獣を養われます。
からすの子は、神に食べ物をねだって鳴くのです。
10 どんなに足の早い馬でも、
神から見れば、歩みの遅いかたつむりと同じです。
どんなに腕力を誇る人でも、神からすれば、
赤ん坊の手をねじ伏せるより簡単なのです。
11 しかし、主を敬い、その愛と恵みを待ち望む人々を、
主はことのほかお喜びになります。

12 エルサレムは主をほめたたえなさい。
シオンも賛美の声を上げなさい。
13 主は敵に備えてあなたの城の守りを固め、
あなたの子どもたちを祝福されるからです。
14 主は平和を与え、
最上の小麦で倉を満たしてくださいます。
15 主のご命令は全世界に行き渡ります。
そのおことばは、飛ぶように駆け巡るのです。
16 主は真っ白な雪を降らせ、地面に霜をまき、
17 雹を地上に投げつけられます。
その凍りつくような寒さに、だれが耐えられましょう。
18 しかし、主が春をお呼びになると、
暖かい風が吹いてきて、川面の氷を溶かすのです。
19 主はイスラエルに、
ご自分のおきてと礼拝の仕方を教えてくださいました。
20 こんなことは、ほかの国にはなかったことです。
他の国民は、神の戒めを聞かされていません。
ハレルヤ。主をほめたたえましょう。

Psalm 147

Praise the Lord.[a]

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
    how pleasant(A) and fitting to praise him!(B)

The Lord builds up Jerusalem;(C)
    he gathers the exiles(D) of Israel.
He heals the brokenhearted(E)
    and binds up their wounds.(F)
He determines the number of the stars(G)
    and calls them each by name.
Great is our Lord(H) and mighty in power;(I)
    his understanding has no limit.(J)
The Lord sustains the humble(K)
    but casts the wicked(L) to the ground.

Sing to the Lord(M) with grateful praise;(N)
    make music(O) to our God on the harp.(P)

He covers the sky with clouds;(Q)
    he supplies the earth with rain(R)
    and makes grass grow(S) on the hills.
He provides food(T) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens(U) when they call.

10 His pleasure is not in the strength(V) of the horse,(W)
    nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11 the Lord delights(X) in those who fear him,(Y)
    who put their hope(Z) in his unfailing love.(AA)

12 Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;(AB)
    praise your God, Zion.

13 He strengthens the bars of your gates(AC)
    and blesses your people(AD) within you.
14 He grants peace(AE) to your borders
    and satisfies you(AF) with the finest of wheat.(AG)

15 He sends his command(AH) to the earth;
    his word runs(AI) swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow(AJ) like wool
    and scatters the frost(AK) like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail(AL) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word(AM) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,(AN) and the waters flow.

19 He has revealed his word(AO) to Jacob,(AP)
    his laws and decrees(AQ) to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;(AR)
    they do not know(AS) his laws.[b]

Praise the Lord.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 147:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20
  2. Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them

147 Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.