Mazmur 147:13-18

147:13 For he makes the bars of your gates strong.

He blesses your children ¹  within you.

147:14 He ²  brings peace to your territory. ³ 

He abundantly provides for you ⁴  the best grain.

147:15 He ⁵  sends his command through the earth; ⁶ 

swiftly his order reaches its destination. ⁷ 

147:16 He sends the snow that is white like wool;

he spreads the frost that is white like ashes. ⁸ 

147:17 He throws his hailstones ⁹  like crumbs.

Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? ¹⁰ 

147:18 He then orders it all to melt; ¹¹ 

he breathes on it, ¹²  and the water flows.

[147:13]  ¹ tn Heb “your sons.”

[147:14]  ² tn Heb “the one who.”

[147:14]  ³ tn Heb “he makes your boundary peace.”

[147:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “satisfies you with.”

[147:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “the one who.”

[147:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “the one who sends his word, the earth.” The Hebrew term אֶרֶץ (’erets, “earth”) is an adverbial accusative; one must supply a preposition before it (such as “through” or “to”) in the English translation.

[147:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “swiftly his word runs.”

[147:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “the one who gives snow like wool, frost like ashes he scatters.”

[147:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “his ice.”

[147:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Before his cold, who can stand?”

[147:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he sends his word and melts them.”

[147:18]  ¹² tn Heb “he blows his breath.”