1Praise Yah, because it is good to sing praises to our God; it is pleasant and right to praise him.
2Yahweh rebuilds Jerusalem. He gathers the exiles of Israel.
3He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
4He counts the number of the stars. He calls all of them by their names.
5Our Lord is great and mighty in power. His understanding is limitless.
6Yahweh helps the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7Sing to Yahweh with thanks. Sing praises to our God with a harp,
8who covers the sky with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
9He provides food for the livestock and for the young ravens when they call.
10He doesn't enjoy the strength of a horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who respect him, in those who hope in his faithful love.
12Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
13Because he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
14He brings peace to your borders. He fills you with the finest wheat.
15He sends his command to the earth. His word travels very quickly.
16He sends snow like wool and scatters frost like ashes.
17He throws down his hail like rocks. Who can endure his cold?
18He sends out his word, and melts them. He makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
19He reveals his word to Jacob; his laws and his rules to Israel.
20He has not done this for just any nation, and they do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!