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Praise for Jerusalem's Restoration and Prosperity.

¹ Praise the LORD!
For ^(C1)it is good to sing praises to our gracious and majestic God;
Praise is ^(C2)becoming and appropriate.

² The LORD is ^(C1)building up Jerusalem;
He is ^(C2)gathering together the exiles of Israel.

³ He heals the ^(C1)brokenhearted
And ^(C2)binds up their wounds healing their pain and comforting their sorrow. ^(VR1)

⁴ He ^(C1)counts the number of the stars;
He ^(C2)calls them all by their names.

^5 (C1)Great is our majestic and mighty Lord and abundant in strength;
His ^(C2)understanding is inexhaustible infinite, boundless.

⁶ The LORD ^(C1)lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.

^7 (C1)Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God with the lyre,

⁸ Who ^(C1)covers the heavens with clouds,
Who ^(C2)provides rain for the earth,
Who ^(C3)makes grass grow on the mountains.

⁹ He ^(C1)gives to the beast its food,
And to the ^(C2)young ravens that for which they cry.

¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the ^(C1)horse,
^(C2)Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

¹¹ The LORD ^(C1)favors those who fear and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience,
^(C2)Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness. ^(VR1)

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!

¹³ For He has strengthened the ^(C1)bars of your gates,
He has ^(C2)blessed your children within you.

¹⁴ He ^(C1)makes peace in your borders;
He ^(C2)satisfies you with ^(C3)the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends His ^(C1)command to the earth;
His ^(C2)word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶ He gives to the earth ^(C1)snow like a blanket of wool;
He scatters the ^(C2)frost like ashes.

¹⁷ He casts out His ^(C1)ice like fragments;
Who can stand before His ^(C2)cold?

¹⁸ He ^(C1)sends out His word and melts the ice;
He ^(C2)causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

¹⁹ He ^(C1)declares His word to Jacob,
His ^(C2)statutes and His ordinances to Israel. ^(VR1)

²⁰ He ^(C1)has not dealt this way with any other nation;
They have ^(C2)not known understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished His ordinances.
Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) ^(VR1)