1Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant,[1] and a song of praise is fitting. (مز 33:1; مز 92:1; مز 135:1; مز 135:3)2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. (تث 30:3; مز 51:18; مز 102:16; إش 11:12; إش 27:13; إش 56:8; حز 39:28)3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. (مز 34:18; حز 34:16)4He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. (تك 15:5; إش 40:26)5Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. (أي 5:9; مز 48:1; إش 40:28; نا 1:3)6The Lord lifts up the humble;[2] he casts the wicked to the ground. (مز 146:8)7Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! (خر 15:21; 1أخ 15:16; مز 95:1)8He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills. (أي 5:10; أي 38:27; مز 104:14)9He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry. (أي 38:41; مز 104:27)10His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, (مز 33:17)11but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love. (مز 33:18; مز 149:4)12Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!13For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you. (نح 7:3)14He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat. (خر 34:24; تث 32:14; مز 81:16; مز 132:15; أم 16:7; إش 60:17)15He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. (مز 148:8)16He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes. (أي 37:6; أي 38:29)17He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold? (أي 37:9; أي 37:10)18He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow. (أي 37:12; مز 33:9; مز 107:20; مز 147:15)19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules[3] to Israel. (تث 33:2; مز 78:5; ملا 4:4)20He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules.[4] Praise the Lord! (تث 4:7; تث 4:32; مز 135:1)