[1] Praise Yah! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming. [2] Yahweh builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. [3] He is the One who heals the brokenhearted And who binds up their wounds, [4] Who counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. [5] Great is our Lord and abundant in power; His discernment is infinite. [6] Yahweh helps up the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground. [7] Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre. [8] He is the One who covers the heavens with clouds, The One who provides rain for the earth, The One who makes grass to sprout on the mountains, [9] Who gives to the animal its food, And to the young ravens which call out. [10] He does not delight in the might of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man. [11] Yahweh is pleased with those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness. [12] Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! [13] For He strengthened the bars of your gates; He blessed your sons within you. [14] He is the One who sets peace in your borders, He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat, [15] The One who sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly, [16] The One who gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes, [17] Who casts forth His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold? [18] He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and so the waters flow, [19] Who declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. [20] He has not done so with any nation; So as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise Yah!
