The Message Bible MSG
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1 Hallelujah! It's a good thing to sing praise to our God; praise is beautiful, praise is fitting.
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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 God's the one who rebuilds Jerusalem, who regathers Israel's scattered exiles.
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The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the heartbroken and bandages their wounds.
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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the stars and assigns each a name.
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He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
5 Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; we'll never comprehend what he knows and does
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Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
6 God puts the fallen on their feet again and pushes the wicked into the ditch.
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The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
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