It Is Good to Sing Praises 1 CPDV Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God. BSB BSB: Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
2 CPDV The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel. BSB BSB: The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 CPDV He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows. BSB BSB: He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 CPDV He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names. BSB BSB: He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
5 CPDV Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number. BSB BSB: Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
6 CPDV The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground. BSB BSB: The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 CPDV Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument. BSB BSB: Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
8 CPDV He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men. BSB BSB: who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
9 CPDV He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him. BSB BSB: He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
10 CPDV He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man. BSB BSB: He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 CPDV The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy. BSB BSB: The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
12 CPDV Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion. BSB BSB: Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
13 CPDV For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you. BSB BSB: For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
14 CPDV He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain. BSB BSB: He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
15 CPDV He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly. BSB BSB: He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
16 CPDV He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes. BSB BSB: He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
17 CPDV He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold? BSB BSB: He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
18 CPDV He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow. BSB BSB: He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
19 CPDV He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel. BSB BSB: He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
20 CPDV He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia. BSB BSB: He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
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