1 ARST Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing praises to our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do. BSB BSB: Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
2 ARST Jerusalem was destroyed, but Yahweh is enabling us to build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken to other lands. BSB BSB: The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 ARST He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; it is as though they have wounds and he bandages them. BSB BSB: He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 ARST He has determined how many stars there will be and gives names to all of them. BSB BSB: He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
5 ARST Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands. BSB BSB: Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
6 ARST Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground. BSB BSB: The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 ARST Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God. BSB BSB: Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
8 ARST He covers the sky with clouds, and then he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills. BSB BSB: who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
9 ARST He gives to animals the food that they need; he gives food to young crows when they cry out because they are hungry. BSB BSB: He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
10 ARST He is not impressed with strong horses or with men who can run fast. BSB BSB: He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 ARST Instead, what pleases him are those who have an awesome respect for him, those who confidently expect him to continue to love them as he promised to do. BSB BSB: The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
12 ARST You people of Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God! BSB BSB: Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
13 ARST He guards your city by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there. BSB BSB: For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
14 ARST He causes your people to become wealthy. He gives you plenty of very good wheat to eat. BSB BSB: He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
15 ARST He commands things to happen throughout the earth; his words quickly reach the place to which he sends them. BSB BSB: He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
16 ARST He sends snow to cover the ground like a white wool blanket, and he scatters frost on the ground as wind scatters ashes. BSB BSB: He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
17 ARST He sends hail down like pebbles; when that happens, it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold. BSB BSB: He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
18 ARST But he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. Then the hail melts and the water flows into the streams. BSB BSB: He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
19 ARST He sends his message to the descendants of Jacob; he tells to his Israelite people the things that he has decreed and what he has decided. BSB BSB: He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
20 ARST He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh! BSB BSB: He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
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