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¹ Praise ye the LORD; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.² The LORD doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.³ He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.⁴ He telleth the number of the stars; he giveth them all their names.⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; his understanding is infinite.⁶ The LORD upholdeth the meek: he bringeth the wicked down to the ground.⁷ Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God:⁸ Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.⁹ He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.¹⁰ He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.¹¹ The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.¹³ For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.¹⁴ He maketh peace in thy borders; he filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.¹⁵ He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; his word runneth very swiftly.¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.¹⁷ He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?¹⁸ He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.¹⁹ He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.