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Alleluia! Praise Yahweh -- it is good to sing psalms to our God -- how pleasant to praise him.
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Yahweh, Builder of Jerusalem! He gathers together the exiles of Israel,
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healing the broken-hearted and binding up their wounds;
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he counts out the number of the stars, and gives each one of them a name.
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Our Lord is great, all-powerful, his wisdom beyond all telling.
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Yahweh sustains the poor, and humbles the wicked to the ground.
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Sing to Yahweh in thanksgiving, play the harp for our God.
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He veils the sky with clouds, and provides the earth with rain, makes grass grow on the hills and plants for people to use,
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gives fodder to cattle and to young ravens when they cry.
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He takes no delight in the power of horses, no pleasure in human sturdiness;
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his pleasure is in those who fear him, in those who hope in his faithful love.
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Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem, Zion, praise your God.
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For he gives strength to the bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you,
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he maintains the peace of your frontiers, gives you your fill of finest wheat.
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He sends his word to the earth, his command runs quickly,
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he spreads the snow like flax, strews hoarfrost like ashes,
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he sends ice-crystals like breadcrumbs, and who can withstand that cold?
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When he sends his word it thaws them, when he makes his wind blow, the waters are unstopped.
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He reveals his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgements to Israel.
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For no other nation has he done this, no other has known his judgements.
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