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Praise for Jerusalem's Restoration and Prosperity.

^1 (F1)Praise ^(F2)the LORD!
For ^(C1)it is good to sing praises to our God;
For ^(F3)it is pleasant and praise is ^(F4)(C2)beautiful.

² The LORD ^(C1)builds up Jerusalem;
He ^(C2)gathers the outcasts of Israel.

³ He heals the ^(C1)brokenhearted
And ^(C2)binds up their ^(F1)wounds.

⁴ He ^(C1)counts the number of the stars;
He ^(F1)(C2)gives names to all of them.

^5 (C1)Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His ^(C2)understanding is ^(F1)infinite.

⁶ The LORD ^(F1)(C1)supports the afflicted;
He brings the wicked down to the ground.

^7 (C1)Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre;

⁸ It is He who ^(C1)covers the heavens with clouds,
Who ^(C2)provides rain for the earth,
Who ^(C3)makes grass sprout on the mountains.

⁹ It is He who ^(C1)gives an animal its food,
And feeds ^(C2)young ravens that cry.

¹⁰ He does not delight in ^(F1)the strength of the ^(C1)horse;
He ^(C2)does not take pleasure in the ^(F1)legs of a man.

¹¹ The LORD ^(C1)favors those who fear Him,
^(C2)Those who wait for His ^(F1)faithfulness.

¹² Praise the LORD, Jerusalem!
Praise your God, Zion!

¹³ For He has strengthened the ^(C1)bars of your gates;
He has ^(C2)blessed your sons among you.

¹⁴ He ^(C1)makes ^(F1)peace in your borders;
He ^(C2)satisfies you with ^(C3)the ^(F2)finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends His ^(C1)command to the earth;
His ^(C2)word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶ He ^(F1)showers ^(C1)snow like wool;
He scatters the ^(C2)frost like ashes.

¹⁷ He hurls His ^(C1)ice as fragments;
Who can stand before His ^(C2)cold?

¹⁸ He ^(C1)sends His word and makes them melt;
He ^(C2)makes His wind blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He ^(C1)declares His words to Jacob,
His ^(C2)statutes and His judgments to Israel.

²⁰ He ^(C1)has not dealt this way with any other nation;
And as for His judgments, ^(F1)they have ^(C2)not known them.
^(F2)Praise ^(F3)the LORD!