• 1. Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
  • 2. Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
  • 3. He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
  • 4. He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
  • 5. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
  • 6. Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
  • 7. Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
  • 8. who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
  • 9. He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
  • 10. He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • 11. Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
  • 12. Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
  • 13. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
  • 14. He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
  • 15. He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.
  • 16. He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
  • 17. He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
  • 18. He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
  • 19. He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
  • 20. He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!