12 Exalt the Lord, Jerusalem;

praise your God, Zion!ac

13 For he strengthens the bars of your city gates

and blesses your children within you.ad

14 He endows your territory with prosperity;F,ae

he satisfies you with the finest wheat.af

15 He sends his command throughout the earth;

his word runs swiftly.ag

16 He spreads snow like wool;

he scatters frost like ashes;ah

17 he throws his hailstones like crumbs.

Who can withstand his cold?ai

18 He sends his word and melts them;

he unleashes his winds,G and the water flows.aj

19 He declares his word to Jacob,

his statutes and judgments to Israel.ak

20 He has not done this for every nation;

they do not know his judgments.al

Hallelujah!