¹ Praise ye the LORD:

for it is good to sing praises unto our God;
for it is pleasant;
and praise is comely.
² The LORD doth build up Jerusalem:
he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
³ He healeth the broken in heart,
and bindeth up their wounds.

⁴ He telleth the number of the stars;
he calleth them all by their names.
⁵ Great is our Lord,
and of great power:
his understanding is infinite [has nothing of numbering].

⁶ The LORD lifteth up the meek:
he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving;
sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
⁸ Who coverth the heaven with clouds,
who prepareth rain for the earth,
who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
⁹ He giveth to the beast his food,
and to the young [to sons of] ravens which cry.
¹⁰ He delighteth not in the strength of the horse:
he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹ The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
in those that hope in his mercy.

¹² Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise thy God, O Zion.
¹³ For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates;
he hath blessed thy children [sons] within thee.
¹⁴ He maketh peace in thy borders,
and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth:
his word runneth very swiftly.
¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool:
he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
¹⁷ He casteth forth his ice like morsels:
who can stand before his cold?
¹⁸ He sendeth out his word,
and melteth them:
he causeth his wind to blow,
and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He sheweth his word unto Jacob,
his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation:
and as for his judgments,
they have not known them.

Praise ye the LORD.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]