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1Praise the Lord ![#Ps 33.1; 135.3]
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.
2The Lord builds up Jerusalem;[#Deut 30.3; Ps 102.16]
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals the brokenhearted[#Isa 30.26; 61.1]
and binds up their wounds.
4He determines the number of the stars;[#Isa 40.26]
he gives to all of them their names.
5Great is our Lord and abundant in power;[#Ps 48.1; Isa 40.28]
his understanding is beyond measure.
6The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre.
8He covers the heavens with clouds,[#Job 38.26; Ps 104.13]
prepares rain for the earth,
makes grass grow on the hills.
9He gives to the animals their food[#Job 38.41; Ps 104.27]
and to the young ravens when they cry.
10His delight is not in the strength of the horse[#1 Sam 16.7; Ps 33.16, 17]
nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner,
11but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12Extol the Lord , O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14He grants peace within your borders;[#Ps 132.15; Isa 60.17; #147.14 Or prosperity]
he fills you with the finest of wheat.
15He sends out his command to the earth;[#Job 37.12; Ps 104.4]
his word runs swiftly.
16He gives snow like wool;[#Job 37.6; 38.29]
he scatters frost like ashes.
17He hurls down hail like crumbs—
who can stand before his cold?
18He sends out his word and melts them;[#Ps 33.9; 107.25]
he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
19He declares his word to Jacob,[#Deut 33.2; Mal 4.4]
his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20He has not dealt thus with any other nation;[#Deut 4.32]
they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the Lord !