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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Praise the LORD.How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
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Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely [is] praise.
2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
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Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
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Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
6 The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
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Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
7 Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
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Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
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Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
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Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
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Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.
11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
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Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.
12 Extol the LORD, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.
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Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
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For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
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Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
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Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
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Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
18 He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
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He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow -- the waters flow.
19 He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
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Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.Praise the LORD.
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He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!
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