[1] Hallelujah! Yes, praise the Lord! How good it is to sing his praises! How delightful, and how right! [2] He is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing back the exiles. [3] He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their wounds. [4] He counts the stars and calls them all by name. [5] How great he is! His power is absolute! His understanding is unlimited. [6] The Lord supports the humble, but brings the wicked into the dust. [7] Sing out your thanks to him; sing praises to our God, accompanied by harps. [8] He covers the heavens with clouds, sends down the showers, and makes the green grass grow in mountain pastures. [9] He feeds the wild animals, and the young ravens cry to him for food. [10] The speed of a horse is nothing to him. How puny in his sight is the strength of a man. [11] But his joy is in those who reverence him, those who expect him to be loving and kind. [12] Praise him, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! [13] For he has fortified your gates against all enemies and blessed your children. [14] He sends peace across your nation and fills your barns with plenty of the finest wheat. [15] He sends his orders to the world. How swiftly his word flies. [16] He sends the snow in all its lovely whiteness, scatters the frost upon the ground, [17] and hurls the hail upon the earth. Who can stand before his freezing cold? [18] But then he calls for warmer weather, and the spring winds blow and all the river ice is broken. [19] He has made known his laws and ceremonies of worship to Israel- [20] something he has not done with any other nation; they have not known his commands. Hallelujah! Yes, praise the Lord!
