1 - Praise the Lord. Hebrew [Hallelu Yah]; also in verse 20 How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

2 - The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.

3 - He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

4 - He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

5 - Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

6 - The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

7 - Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

8 - He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.

9 - He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.

10 - His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

11 - the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

12 - Extol the Lord, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.

13 - He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

14 - He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

15 - He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

16 - He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

17 - He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?

18 - He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

19 - He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.

20 - He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint [nation; / he has not made his laws known to them] Praise the Lord.