GOD RESTORES JERUSALEM

1 Hallelujah!

How good it is to sing to our God,

for praise is pleasant and lovely.q

2 The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem;r

he gathers Israel’s exiled people.s

3 He heals the brokenhearted

and bandages their wounds.t

4 He counts the number of the stars;

he gives names to all of them.u

5 Our Lord is great, vast in power;

his understanding is infinite.D,v

6 The Lord helps the oppressed

but brings the wicked to the ground.w

7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

play the lyre to our God,x

8 who covers the sky with clouds,

prepares rain for the earth,

and causes grass to grow on the hills.y

9 He provides the animals with their food,

and the young ravens what they cry for.z