✧Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him! ✧2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel. ✧3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. ✧4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name. ✧5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. ✧6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground. ✧7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God, ✧8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. ✧9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call. ✧10He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man. ✧11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion. ✧12Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion! ✧13For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you. ✧14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat. ✧15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly. ✧16He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; ✧17He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast? ✧18He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow. ✧19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. ✧20He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!