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¹ Praise the Lord!

It is good to sing praises to our God;
    it is good and pleasant to praise him.
² The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem;
    he brings back the captured Israelites.
³ He heals the brokenhearted
    and bandages their wounds.

⁴ He counts the stars
    and names each one.
⁵ Our Lord is great and very powerful.
    There is no limit to what he knows.
⁶ The Lord defends the humble,
    but he throws the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing praises to the Lord;
    praise our God with harps.
⁸ He fills the sky with clouds
    and sends rain to the earth
    and makes grass grow on the hills.
⁹ He gives food to cattle
    and to the little birds that call.

¹⁰ He is not impressed with the strength of a horse
    or with human might.
¹¹ The Lord is pleased with those who respect him,
    with those who trust his love.

¹² Jerusalem, praise the Lord;
    Jerusalem, praise your God.
¹³ He makes your city gates strong
    and blesses your children inside.
¹⁴ He brings peace to your country
    and fills you with the finest grain.

¹⁵ He gives a command to the earth,
    and it quickly obeys him.
¹⁶ He spreads the snow like wool
    and scatters the frost like ashes.
¹⁷ He throws down hail like rocks.
    No one can stand the cold he sends.
¹⁸ Then he gives a command, and it melts.
    He sends the breezes, and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He gave his word to Jacob,
    his laws and demands to Israel.
²⁰ He didn't do this for any other nation.
    They don't know his laws.

Praise the Lord!