[Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias.][1]Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.[2]The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.[3]He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.[4]He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.[5]Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.[6]The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.[7]Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:[8]who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [and green herb for the service of men;][9]and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.[10]He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.[11]The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.[12](Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias.) Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.[13]For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.[14]He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat.[15]He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.[16]He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.[17]Casting forth his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?[18]He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.[19]He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.[20]He has not done so to any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.
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Author: Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)
Source: ecmarsh.com