• Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

  • 1 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is beautiful.
  • 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.
  • 3 He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
  • 4 He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.
  • 5 Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.
  • 6 The Lord supports the afflicted; He brings the wicked down to the ground.
  • 7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
  • 8 It is He who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass sprout on the mountains.
  • 9 It is He who gives an animal its food, And feeds young ravens that cry.
  • 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • 11 The Lord favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His faithfulness.
  • 12 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
  • 13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons among you.
  • 14 He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.
  • 15 He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.
  • 16 He showers snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.
  • 17 He hurls His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold?
  • 18 He sends His word and makes them melt; He makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.
  • 19 He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
  • 20 He has not dealt this way with any other nation; And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the Lord!