1 Hallelujah! How good it is to make music to our God; how pleasant—praise is fitting.
2 The LORD is building Jerusalem; he is gathering the scattered ones of Israel.
3 He heals those whose hearts are broken and bandages their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars; he calls each of them by name.
5 Our Lord is great and mighty in strength; there is no counting his understanding.
6 The LORD raises up the afflicted; he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing to the LORD with thanks; make music to our God on the lyre,
8 who covers the sky with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who makes the mountains sprout grass.
9 He gives the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they call.
10 He takes no delight in the might of the horse, no pleasure in the legs of a man;
11 the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, who wait for his steadfast love.
12 Jerusalem, praise the LORD! Zion, praise your God!
13 For he has made the bars of your gates strong; he has blessed your sons within you.
14 He sets peace within your borders; he fills you with the best of wheat.
15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs quickly.
16 He spreads snow like wool and strews frost like ashes.
17 He throws down his ice like crumbs; who can stand against his cold?
18 He sends his word and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters run.
19 He makes his word known to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation; his judgments they do not know. Hallelujah!