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¹ Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.² The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.³ He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.⁴ He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.⁵ Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.⁶ The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!⁸ He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.⁹ He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.¹⁰ His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man;¹¹ but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!¹³ For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.¹⁵ He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.¹⁶ He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.¹⁷ He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?¹⁸ He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.¹⁹ He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.²⁰ He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!