Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion. 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 † Lit. fat of wheat.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 ‡ Gr. every.any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.