| 1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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| 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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| 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.1
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| 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
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| 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his2 understanding is infinite.
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| 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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| 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
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| 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
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| 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
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| 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
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| 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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| 12 ¶ Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
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| 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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| 14 He3 maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest4 of the wheat.
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| 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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| 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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| 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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| 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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| 19 He sheweth his word5 unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
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| 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
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