Praise the LORD; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and becoming.
2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
4He appoints the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.
5Great is our LORD, and of great power; There is no limit to His understanding.
6The LORD lifts up the meek; He throws the wicked down to the ground.
7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God,
8who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
9He gives the beasts its food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10He delights not in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, who hope in His mercy.
12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
13For He has made the bars of your gates strong; He has blessed your sons within you.
14He makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15He sends forth His commandment on earth; His word runs very swiftly.
16He gives snow like wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
17He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?
18He sends out His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19He shows His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20He has not done so with any nation; and they have not known His judgments. Praise the LORD!