1Pujilah TUHAN! Sebab baiklah memuji Dia, dan menyenangkan untuk menyanyikan pujian bagi-Nya!
1Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
2TUHAN akan memulihkan Yerusalem; orang-orang buangan akan dibawa-Nya pulang.
2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3Ia menyembuhkan orang yang patah hati, dan membalut luka-luka mereka.
3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
4Ia menentukan jumlah bintang di angkasa, dan masing-masing diberi-Nya nama.
4He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
5Sungguh besar dan hebat TUHAN kita, kebijaksanaan-Nya tidak terhingga.
5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
6Ia menegakkan orang yang tertindas, tetapi orang jahat dicampakkan-Nya ke tanah.
6Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7Nyanyikanlah puji-pujian bagi TUHAN, mainkanlah kecapi bagi Allah kita.
7Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8Dialah yang membentangkan awan di langit; Ia menyediakan hujan bagi bumi, dan membuat rumput tumbuh di bukit.
8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
9Ia memberi makanan kepada hewan, dan kepada anak burung gagak yang memanggil-manggil.
9He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
10Kesukaan TUHAN bukanlah kuda yang kuat; bukan juga pejuang yang berani.
10He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11TUHAN senang kepada orang yang takwa, kepada orang yang tetap mengharapkan kasih-Nya.
11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
12Pujilah TUHAN, hai Yerusalem! Pujilah Allahmu, hai Sion!
12Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
13Sebab Ia mengukuhkan pintu-pintu gerbangmu, dan memberkati pendudukmu.
13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
14Ia menjaga daerahmu supaya tetap aman, dan mengenyangkan engkau dengan gandum yang terbaik.
14He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15Ia memberi perintah kepada bumi, dan perkataan-Nya segera dilakukan.
15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
16Ia menurunkan salju seperti kapas, dan menghamburkan embun beku seperti abu.
16He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
17Ia menurunkan hujan es seperti kerikil; tak ada yang tahan menghadapi dinginnya.
17He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
18Lalu atas perintah-Nya es itu mencair; Ia meniupkan angin, maka air pun mengalir.
18He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19Ia menyampaikan pesan-Nya kepada umat-Nya, ketetapan dan hukum-Nya kepada umat pilihan-Nya.
19He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
20Ia tidak berbuat begitu kepada bangsa-bangsa lain, mereka tidak mengenal hukum-hukum-Nya. Pujilah TUHAN!
20He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!