✧Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. ✧2The LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. ✧3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. ✧4He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names. ✧5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. ✧6The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground. ✧7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God, ✧8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares 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 delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. ✧11The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness. ✧12Praise the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion! ✧13For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you. ✧14He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat. ✧15He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly. ✧16He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes. ✧17He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold? ✧18He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. ✧19He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. ✧20He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!