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¹ Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praise to our God; because praise is delightful and becoming.² Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.³ He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their sorrows.⁴ He appoints the number of the stars; He calls to them all by names.⁵ Our Lord is great and of great might; there is no limit to His understanding.⁶ Jehovah relieves the meek; He throws the wicked down to the ground.⁷ Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praise on the lyre to our God,⁸ who covers the heavens with clouds; who prepares rain for the earth; who makes grass to grow on the mountains.⁹ He gives the animals their food, to the young ravens that cry.¹⁰ He takes no delight in the strength of the horse, nor any pleasure in the legs of a man.¹¹ Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear Him, those who hope in His mercy.

¹² Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.¹³ For He has made strong the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you.¹⁴ He sets up peace in your border, He satisfies you with the fat of the wheat.¹⁵ He sends His command out on the earth; His Word runs very swiftly;¹⁶ He gives snow like wool; He scatters the white frost like ashes;¹⁷ He casts out His ice like crumbs; 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 declares His Word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.²⁰ He has not done so with any nation; and they have not known His judgments. Praise Jehovah!