Praise the Lord: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is comely.

Hallelukah! [Praise the L rd!] For it is good to sing to our G d. Because He is pleasant, praise becomes [Him].

The Lord builds Yerushalayim: he gathers together the outcasts of Yisra᾽el.

The L rd builds Jerusalem and gathers in the outcasts of Israel.

He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

He heals the broken-hearted and binds their wounds.

He counts the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.

He assigns a count to the stars. He calls all of them by name.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Great is our L rd, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

The Lord upholds the humble: he casts the wicked down to the ground.

The L rd heartens the humble. He lowers the wicked to the ground.

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the lyre to our God:

Answer the L rd in thanksgiving; sing to the L rd on the lyre.

who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

He covers the skies with clouds. He readies rain for the earth. He makes the mountains sprout with grass.

He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens which cry.

He gives the beast its bread; the young of the raven [(who is cruel" to his offspring)] what they cry for.

He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

He desires not [the truster in] the strength of the horse. He desires not [the truster in] the [lightness of the] legs of a man.

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

The L rd desires those who fear Him, those who aspire to His lovingkindness.

Praise the Lord, O Yerushalayim; praise Thy God, O Żiyyon.

Praise the L rd, O Jerusalem! Praise your G d, O Zion!

For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.

For He has strengthened the bolts of your gates. He has blessed your children in your midst.

He makes peace in Thy borders, and fills thee with the finest of the wheat.

He reposes peace in your borders. He sates you with the fats of wheat.

He sends forth his commandment upon the earth: his word runs very swiftly.

He sends His word [i.e., rain] earthward; quickly does His word run.

He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoar frost like ashes.

He gives snow as wool. He scatters hoarfrost as ashes.

He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

He casts His ice as flakes. Who can stand before His cold?

He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow: they run as water.

He sends forth His word and He melts them [(the flakes)]. He makes His [west] wind blow and they flow water.

He declares his Word to Ya῾aqov, his statutes and his judgments to Yisra᾽el.

He tells His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

He has not dealt so with any other nation: and as for his ordinances they have not known them. Haleluya!

He has not done so with any nation, and they do not know His judgments, Hallelukah!