1 P raise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.

2 T he Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.

3 H e heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

4 H e counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.

He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.

5 G reat is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

6 T he Lord supports the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground.

Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.

7 S ing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing psalms upon the harp unto our God:

8 W ho covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;

9 H e gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens which cry.

Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry.

10 H e does not delight in the strength of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

11 T he Lord favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.

12 P raise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

Laud Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

13 F or He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you.

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee;

14 H e makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.

15 H e sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.

He sendeth forth his oracles to the earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

16 H e gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.

He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;

17 H e casts forth His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold?

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

18 H e sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow—the waters flow.

19 H e declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20 H e has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Praise the Lord!

He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah!