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