¹ Praise the LORD!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
   for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
² The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
   he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
³ He heals the brokenhearted
   and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He determines the number of the stars;
   he gives to all of them their names.
⁵ Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
   his understanding is beyond measure.
⁶ The LORD lifts up the humble;
   he casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
   make melody to our God on the lyre!
⁸ He covers the heavens with clouds;
   he prepares rain for the earth;
   he makes grass grow on the hills.
⁹ He gives to the beasts their food,
   and to the young ravens that cry.
¹⁰ His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
   nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
¹¹ but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
   in those who hope in his steadfast love.

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!
   Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³ For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
   he blesses your children within you.
¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders;
   he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
¹⁵ He sends out his command to the earth;
   his word runs swiftly.
¹⁶ He gives snow like wool;
   he scatters frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs;
   who can stand before his cold?
¹⁸ He sends out his word, and melts them;
   he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
¹⁹ He declares his word to Jacob,
   his statutes and rules to Israel.
²⁰ He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
   they do not know his rules.
Praise the LORD!