¹² Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;^(A)
    praise your God, Zion.

¹³ He strengthens the bars of your gates^(B)
    and blesses your people^(C) within you.
¹⁴ He grants peace^(D) to your borders
    and satisfies you^(E) with the finest of wheat.^(F)

¹⁵ He sends his command^(G) to the earth;
    his word runs^(H) swiftly.
¹⁶ He spreads the snow^(I) like wool
    and scatters the frost^(J) like ashes.
¹⁷ He hurls down his hail^(K) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
¹⁸ He sends his word^(L) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,^(M) and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He has revealed his word^(N) to Jacob,^(O)
    his laws and decrees^(P) to Israel.
²⁰ He has done this for no other nation;^(Q)
    they do not know^(R) his laws.^[a]

Praise the Lord.^(S)

¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked man;^(A)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

¹⁶ The Lord is King for ever and ever;^(B)
    the nations^(C) will perish from his land.
¹⁷ You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;^(D)
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,^(E)
18 defending the fatherless^(F) and the oppressed,^(G)
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.