¹ Praise ye Jehovah, for it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

² Jehovah 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 names.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

⁶ Jehovah upholds the meek. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving. Sing praises upon the harp to our God,

⁸ who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

⁹ He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹¹ Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

¹² Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem. Praise thy God, O Zion.

¹³ For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates. He has blessed thy sons within thee.

¹⁴ He makes peace in thy borders. He fills thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends out his commandment upon earth. His word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶ He gives snow like wool. He scatters the hoar-frost like ashes.

¹⁷ He casts forth his ice like morsels. 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 dealt so with any nation. And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.