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[Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias.]
[1] Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.
[2] The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
[3] He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
[4] He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
[5] Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.
[6] The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.
[7] Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:
[8] who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [and green herb for the service of men;]
[9] and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.
[10] He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.
[11] The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.
[12] (Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias.) Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.
[13] For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.
[14] He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat.
[15] He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
[16] He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
[17] Casting forth his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?
[18] He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.
[19] He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.
[20] He has not done so to any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.
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