The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 Halleluyah! How good it is to sing praises to our God! How sweet, how fitting to praise him!
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Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 ADONAI is rebuilding Yerushalayim, gathering the dispersed of Isra'el.
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The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He determines how many stars there are and calls them all by name.
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He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Our Lord is great, his power is vast, his wisdom beyond all telling.
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Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6 ADONAI sustains the humble but brings the wicked down to the ground.
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The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing to ADONAI with thanks, sing praises on the lyre to our God.
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Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 He veils the sky with clouds; he provides the earth with rain; he makes grass grow on the hills;
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Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 he gives food to the animals, even to the young ravens when they cry.
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He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He takes no delight in the strength of a horse, no pleasure in a runner's speed.
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He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 ADONAI takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who wait for his grace.
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The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12 Glorify ADONAI, Yerushalayim! Praise your God, Tziyon!
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Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you,
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For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 he brings peace within your borders, he gives you your fill of the finest wheat.
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He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends his word out over the earth, his command runs swiftly.
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He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 Thus he gives snow like wool, scatters hoarfrost like ashes,
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He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 sends crystals of ice like crumbs of bread -who can withstand such cold?
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He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 Then he sends his word out and melts them; he makes the winds blow, and the water flows.
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He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He reveals his words to Ya'akov, his laws and rulings to Isra'el.
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He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He has not done this for other nations; they do not know his rulings. Halleluyah!
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He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The King James Version is in the public domain.