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1 Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praises to our God; it is good and pleasant to praise him.
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Praise the LORD.How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2 The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; he brings back the captured Israelites.
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The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the stars and names each one.
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He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
5 Our Lord is great and very powerful. There is no limit to what he knows.
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Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
6 The Lord defends the humble, but he throws the wicked to the ground.
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The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing praises to the Lord; praise our God with harps.
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Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
8 He fills the sky with clouds and sends rain to the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.
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He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He gives food to cattle and to the little birds that call.
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He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
10 He does not enjoy the strength of a horse or the strength of a man.
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His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11 The Lord is pleased with those who respect him, with those who trust his love.
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the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
12 Jerusalem, praise the Lord; Jerusalem, praise your God.
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Extol the LORD, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.
13 He makes your city gates strong and blesses your children inside.
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He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
14 He brings peace to your country and fills you with the finest grain.
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He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15 He gives a command to the earth, and it quickly obeys him.
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He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
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He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
17 He throws down hail like rocks. No one can stand the cold he sends.
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He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 Then he gives a command, and it melts. He sends the breezes, and the waters flow.
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He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19 He gave his word to Jacob, his laws and demands to Israel.
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He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
20 He didn't do this for any other nation. They don't know his laws.
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He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.Praise the LORD.
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