• 1. Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
  • 2. Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.
  • 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
  • 4. He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.
  • 5. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
  • 6. Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.
  • 7. Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:
  • 8. Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
  • 9. Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.
  • 10. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;
  • 11. Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.
  • 12. Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
  • 13. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;
  • 14. He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.
  • 15. He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
  • 16. He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;
  • 17. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
  • 18. He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow -- the waters flow.
  • 19. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
  • 20. He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for [his] judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!