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¹ Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God. ² The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel. ³ He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. ⁴ He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite. ⁶ The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground. ⁷ Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God: ⁸ who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [and green herb for the service of men;] ⁹ and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him. ¹⁰ He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man. ¹¹ The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion. ¹³ For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee. ¹⁴ He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat. ¹⁵ He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly. ¹⁶ He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes. ¹⁷ Casting forth his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold? ¹⁸ He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow. ¹⁹ He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He has not done so to any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.