1Praise Yahweh!
It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.

2Jerusalem was destroyed, but Yahweh is enabling us to build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken to Babylonia.

3He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; it is as though they have wounds and he bandages them.

4He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.

5Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.

6Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.

7Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.

8He covers the sky with clouds, and then he sends rain to the earth
and causes grass to grow on the hills.

9He gives to animals the food that they need, and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out because they are hungry.

10He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.

11Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.

12You people of [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!

13He guards your city by keeping its gates strong.
He blesses the people who live there.

14He protects the borders of your country, so that enemies from other countries cannot attack you. He gives you plenty of very good wheat/grain to eat.

15He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.

16He sends snow which covers the ground like a white wool blanket [SIM], and he scatters frost on the ground like wind scatters ashes [SIM].

17He sends hail down like ◄pebbles/tiny stones►; when that happens, ◄it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./who can endure because the air becomes very cold?► [RHQ]

18But he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. Then the hail melts and the water flows into the streams.

19He sent his message to the descendants of Jacob; he tells to his Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.

20He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws.
Praise Yahweh!