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| | <center><small>''Exhortation to praise God for His care of the church.''</small></center> | | <center><small>''Exhortation to praise God for His care of the church.''</small></center> |
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| | + | '''1''' Praise ye the [[Lord]]: for ''it is'' good to sing praises unto our [[God]]; for ''it is'' pleasant; ''and'' praise is comely. |
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| − | '''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. |
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| − | '''2''' The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. | |
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| | '''3''' He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. | | '''3''' He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. |
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| | '''11''' The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. | | '''11''' The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. |
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| − | '''12''' Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. | + | '''12''' Praise the Lord, O [[Jerusalem]]; praise thy God, O Zion.<ref>Mount Zion is a prominent hill in Jerusalem, outside and south of its Old City walls.</ref> |
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| | '''13''' For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. | | '''13''' For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. |
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| − | '''14''' He maketh peace ''in'' thy borders, ''and'' filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. | + | '''14''' He maketh peace ''in'' thy borders, ''and'' filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.<ref>Wheat has bee a staple of food since the beginning of mankind, traced by historians back to the [[Fertile Crescent]]. See also Deu. 8:3 {{Cquote|that man doth not live by '''bread''' only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.}}</ref> |
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| | '''15''' He sendeth forth his commandment ''upon'' earth: his word runneth very swiftly. | | '''15''' He sendeth forth his commandment ''upon'' earth: his word runneth very swiftly. |
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| | '''20''' He hath not dealt so with any nation: and ''as for his'' judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. | | '''20''' He hath not dealt so with any nation: and ''as for his'' judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. |
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| | ==Footnotes== | | ==Footnotes== |
| | <small><references/></small> | | <small><references/></small> |