[1] Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
[2] The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
[3] He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
[4] He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.
[5] Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
[6] The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.
[7] Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God:
[8] Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
[9] He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
[10] He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.
[11] The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
[12] Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
[13] For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
[14] He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat.
[15] He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly.
[16] He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
[17] He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
[18] He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
[19] He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
[20] He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD.
