1 Praise the Lord!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;

he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

3 He heals the brokenhearted,

and binds up their wounds.

4 He determines the number of the stars,

he gives to all of them their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

his understanding is beyond measure.

6 The Lord lifts up the downtrodden,

he casts the wicked to the ground.