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¹ Halleluyah!

How good it is to sing praises to our God!
How sweet, how fitting to praise him!
² Adonai is rebuilding Yerushalayim,
gathering the dispersed of Isra'el.
³ He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
⁴ He determines how many stars there are
and calls them all by name.

⁵ Our Lord is great, his power is vast,
his wisdom beyond all telling.
⁶ Adonai sustains the humble
but brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing to Adonai with thanks,
sing praises on the lyre to our God.
⁸ He veils the sky with clouds;
he provides the earth with rain;
he makes grass grow on the hills;
⁹ he gives food to the animals,
even to the young ravens when they cry.

¹⁰ He takes no delight in the strength of a horse,
no pleasure in a runner's speed.
¹¹ Adonai takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who wait for his grace.

¹² Glorify Adonai, Yerushalayim!
Praise your God, Tziyon!
¹³ For he strengthens the bars of your gates,
he blesses your children within you,
¹⁴ he brings peace within your borders,
he gives you your fill of the finest wheat.

¹⁵ He sends his word out over the earth,
his command runs swiftly.
¹⁶ Thus he gives snow like wool,
scatters hoarfrost like ashes,
¹⁷ sends crystals of ice like crumbs of bread —
who can withstand such cold?
¹⁸ Then he sends his word out and melts them;
he makes the winds blow, and the water flows.

¹⁹ He reveals his words to Ya‘akov,
his laws and rulings to Isra'el.
²⁰ He has not done this for other nations;
they do not know his rulings.

Halleluyah!