1Hallelujah!a
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
1Hallelu YAH! For it is good to praise our God—how pleasant and beautiful is praise!
2The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
He gathers the exiles of Israel.
2The One building up Jerusalem is YHWH, and He gathers together the exiles of Israel,
3He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
3giving healing to the broken of heart, and binding up their wounds,
4He determines the number of the stars;
He calls them each by name.
4Appointing the number of the stars—for all of them He calls by names.
5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding has no limit.
5Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; of His understanding there is no numbering!
6The LORD sustains the humble,
but casts the wicked to the ground.
6YHWH restores the humble; He casts down the wicked to the ground.
7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make music on the harp to our God,
7Sing to YHWH with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp,
8who covers the sky with clouds,
who prepares rain for the earth,
who makes grass to grow on the hills.
8to the One covering the heavens with clouds, the One preparing rain for the earth, the One making grass sprout on the hills,
9He provides food for the animals,
and for the young ravens when they call.
9giving to the beast its food, and to the young of the ravens that call out.
10He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
10He does not delight in the strength of the horse, and not in the legs of the man does He take pleasure.
11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him,
who hope in His loving devotion.
11YHWH is pleased with those who fear him, those hoping in His loving devotion.
12Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise your God, O Zion!
12Exalt, O Jerusalem, YHWH; praise your God, O Zion!
13For He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses the children within you.
13For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you.
14He makes peace at your borders;
He fills you with the finest wheat.
14The One making peace for your border, He satisfies you with the fat of wheat.
15He sends forth His command to the earth;
His word runs swiftly.
15The One sending forth His utterance to the earth, how swiftly His word runs!
16He spreads the snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
16The One giving snow like wool, He scatters the frost like ashes,
17He casts forth His hail like pebbles.a
Who can withstand His icy blast?
17casting forth His hail like morsels; before the face of His cold, who can stand?
18He sends forth His word and melts them;
He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
18He sends out His word and melts them; His wind he makes blow, and the waters flow.
19He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and judgments to Israel.
19He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20He has done this for no other nation;
they do not know His judgments.a
Hallelujah!
20He has not done so for any nation; and His judgments they have not known. Praise YAH!