Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem;

Praise thy God, O Zion.

2 For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates;

He has blessed thy children within thee.

3 He makes thy borders peaceful,

And fills thee with the flour of wheat.

4 He sends his oracle to the earth:

His word will run swiftly.

5 He gives snow like wool:

He scatters the mist like ashes.

6 Casting forth his ice like morsels:

Who shall stand before his cold?

7 He shall send out his word, and melt them:

He shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.

8 He sends his word to Jacob,

His ordinances and judgments to Israel.

9 He has not done so to any other nation;

And he has not shown them his judgments.