¹Praise the Lord,

For it is good to make psalm melody to our God,

For it is pleasant,

And praise is becoming.

²The Lord is the builder of Jerusalem;

He will gather those driven out of Israel.

³He is the healer of the brokenhearted,

And he binds up their sorrows.

⁴He counts the number of the stars;

He calls all of them by their names.

⁵Great is our Lord,

And very powerful;

His understanding is limitless.

⁶The Lord supports the meek;

He brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁷Sing with thanks to the Lord;

Make psalm melody with the harp to our God,

⁸Who covers the heavens with thick clouds,

Who prepares rain for the earth,

Who makes vegetation sprout up on mountains,

⁹Who gives animals their food,

And to the young ravens

Which cry out for it.

¹⁰He does not delight in the strength of the horse;

He does not take pleasure in the legs of man.

¹¹The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him

– In those who await his kindness.

¹²O Jerusalem, praise the Lord;

Praise your God, O Zion.

¹³For he has strengthened the bolts of your gates;

He has blessed your sons inside you.

¹⁴He makes your border peace

And satiates you with the finest wheat.

¹⁵He sends his communication to the earth;

His word runs with speed.

¹⁶He gives snow like wool;

He scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

¹⁷He deposits his ice in pieces;

Who can stand in the presence of his cold?

¹⁸He sends his word and melts them;

He makes his wind blow,

And the waters flow.

¹⁹He proclaimed his word to Jacob

– His statutes and his judicial pronouncements to Israel.

²⁰He did not act like this to every nation,

And as for his judicial pronouncements,

They do not know them.

Praise the Lord.