New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Praise the LORD ! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting!
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Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely [is] praise.
2 The LORD is rebuilding Jerusalem and bringing the exiles back to Israel.
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Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
3 He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
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Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
4 He counts the stars and calls them all by name.
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Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
5 How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!
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Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
6 The LORD supports the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust.
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Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
7 Sing out your thanks to the LORD ; sing praises to our God with a harp.
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Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.
8 He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.
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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 gives food to the wild animals and feeds the young ravens when they cry.
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Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.
10 He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse or in human might.
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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 No, the LORD ’s delight is in those who fear him, those 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 Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
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Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates and blessed your children within your walls.
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For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.
14 He sends peace across your nation and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat.
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Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.
15 He sends his orders to the world— how swiftly his word flies!
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Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.
16 He sends the snow like white wool; he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes.
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Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
17 He hurls the hail like stones. Who can stand against his freezing cold?
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Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
18 Then, at his command, it all melts. He sends his winds, and the ice thaws.
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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 words to Jacob, his decrees and regulations to Israel.
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Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 He has not done this for any other nation; they do not know his regulations. 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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