1. Praise Yah. For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; praise is fitting.
2. Yahweh is building Jerusalem; he gathers the scattered ones of Israel.
3. He is the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
4. He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them.
5. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is unlimited.
6. Yahweh helps the afflicted up; he brings the wicked down to the ground.
7. Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with lyre,
8. who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.