Psalms

It Is Good to Sing Praises

¹ Hallelujah! ^[a]

How good it is to sing praises to our God,

how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!

² The LORD builds up Jerusalem;

He gathers the exiles of Israel.

³ He heals the brokenhearted

and binds up their wounds.

⁴ He determines the number of the stars;

He calls them each by name.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;

His understanding has no limit.

⁶ The LORD sustains the humble,

but casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;

make music on the harp to our God,

⁸ who covers the sky with clouds,

who prepares rain for the earth,

who makes grass to grow on the hills.

⁹ He provides food for the animals,

and for the young ravens when they call.

¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the horse;

He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.

¹¹ The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him,

who hope in His loving devotion.

¹² Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem;

praise your God, O Zion!

¹³ For He strengthens the bars of your gates

and blesses the children within you.

¹⁴ He makes peace at your borders;

He fills you with the finest wheat.

¹⁵ He sends forth His command to the earth;

His word runs swiftly.

¹⁶ He spreads the snow like wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes;

¹⁷ He casts forth His hail like pebbles. ^[b]

Who can withstand His icy blast?

¹⁸ He sends forth His word and melts them;

He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He declares His word to Jacob,

His statutes and judgments to Israel.

²⁰ He has done this for no other nation;

they do not know His judgments. ^[c]

Hallelujah!