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v1
Praise Yah. ^[Hebrew hallelujah; here and v. 20] For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is fitting.
v2
Yahweh is building Jerusalem; he gathers the scattered ones of Israel.
v3
He is the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
v4
He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them.
v5
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited.
v6
Yahweh helps the afflicted up; he brings the wicked down to the ground.
v7
Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre,
v8
who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.
v9
He gives to the animal its food, and to the young ravens that cry.
v10
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of the man.
v11
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, the ones who hope ^[That is, “wait expectantly”] for his loyal love.
v12
Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,
v13
for he strengthens the bars of your gates. He blesses your children within you;
v14
he makes your border peaceful; he satisfies you with the finest of wheat. ^[Literally “the fat of the wheat”]
v15
He sends out his command ^[Or “utterance”] to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
v16
He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes;
v17
he throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold? ^[With slight alteration of the Hebrew, the line might read “before his cold water stands”]
v18
He sends out his word and melts them; he blows his breath, the water flows.
v19
He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
v20
He has not done so for any nation, and they do not know his ordinances. Praise Yah. ^[Hebrew hallelujah]