Mazmur 147:4-5

147:4 He counts the number of the stars;

he names all of them.

147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; ¹ 

there is no limit to his wisdom. ² 

Mazmur 147:8-9

147:8 He covers ³  the sky with clouds,

provides the earth with rain,

and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. ⁴ 

147:9 He gives food to the animals,

and to the young ravens when they chirp. ⁵ 

Mazmur 147:15-18

147:15 He ⁶  sends his command through the earth; ⁷ 

swiftly his order reaches its destination. ⁸ 

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

he spreads the frost that is white like ashes. ⁹ 

147:17 He throws his hailstones ¹⁰  like crumbs.

Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? ¹¹ 

147:18 He then orders it all to melt; ¹² 

he breathes on it, ¹³  and the water flows.

[147:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and great of strength.”

[147:5]  ² tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”

[147:8]  ³ tn Heb “the one who covers.”

[147:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “hills.”

[147:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “which cry out.”

[147:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “the one who.”

[147:15]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “swiftly his word runs.”

[147:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “the one who gives snow like wool, frost like ashes he scatters.”

[147:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his ice.”

[147:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Before his cold, who can stand?”

[147:18]  ¹² tn Heb “he sends his word and melts them.”

[147:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “he blows his breath.”