Psalmi 147

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Alleluja. Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum ; lauda Deum tuum, Sion.	1 Hallelujah! How good to celebrate our God in song; how sweet to give fitting praise.
2 Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum ; benedixit filiis tuis in te.	2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers the dispersed of Israel,
3 Qui posuit fines tuos pacem, et adipe frumenti satiat te.	3 Heals the brokenhearted, binds up their wounds,
4 Qui emittit eloquium suum terræ : velociter currit sermo ejus.	4 Numbers all the stars, calls each of them by name.
5 Qui dat nivem sicut lanam ; nebulam sicut cinerem spargit.	5 Great is our Lord, vast in power, with wisdom beyond measure.
6 Mittit crystallum suam sicut buccellas : ante faciem frigoris ejus quis sustinebit ?	6 The LORD sustains the poor, but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Emittet verbum suum, et liquefaciet ea ; flabit spiritus ejus, et fluent aquæ.	7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; with the lyre celebrate our God,
8 Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob, justitias et judicia sua Israël.	8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains,
9 Non fecit taliter omni nationi, et judicia sua non manifestavit eis. Alleluja.	9 Who gives animals their food and ravens what they cry for.
	10 God takes no delight in the strength of horses, no pleasure in the runner's stride.
	11 Rather the LORD takes pleasure in the devout, those who await his faithful care.
	12 Glorify the LORD, Jerusalem; Zion, offer praise to your God,
	13 Who has strengthened the bars of your gates, blessed your children within you,
	14 Brought peace to your borders, and filled you with finest wheat.
	15 The LORD sends a command to earth; his word runs swiftly!
	16 Thus snow is spread like wool, frost is scattered like ash,
	17 Hail is dispersed like crumbs; before such cold the waters freeze.
	18 Again he sends his word and they melt; the wind is unleashed and the waters flow.
	19 The LORD also proclaims his word to Jacob, decrees and laws to Israel.
	20 God has not done this for other nations; of such laws they know nothing. Hallelujah!