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BIBBIA VOLGARE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 O tu, Ierusalem, loda il Signore; o Sion, loda il Dio tuo.	1 Al eluia! Praise Yahweh -- it is good to sing psalms to our God -- how pleasant to praise him.
2 Per che ha confortato le serrature delle porte tue; ha benedetto in te li figliuoli tuoi.	2 Yahweh, Builder of Jerusalem! He gathers together the exiles of Israel,
3 Egli ha posto la pace nelle tue terre; e con la medulla del frumento ha saziato te.	3 healing the broken-hearted and binding up their wounds;
4 Egli ha mandato il parlare suo alla terra; velocemente corre il parlare suo.	4 he counts out the number of the stars, and gives each one of them a name.
5 Egli dà la neve come lana; sparge la nebula come cenere.	5 Our Lord is great, al -powerful, his wisdom beyond al telling.
6 Manda il suo cristallo come fette del pane; chi sostegnerà inanzi alla faccia del freddo suo?	6 Yahweh sustains the poor, and humbles the wicked to the ground.
7 Mandarà la parola sua, e dissolverà quelle; starà il spirito suo, e correranno le acque.	7 Sing to Yahweh in thanksgiving, play the harp for our God.
8 Egli annunzia la parola sua a Iacob; a Israel le giustizie e' giudicii suoi.	8 He veils the sky with clouds, and provides the earth with rain, makes grass grow on the hills andplants for people to use,
9 A tal modo non ha fatto a ogni nazione; e a loro non ha manifestato li giudicii suoi.	9 gives fodder to cattle and to young ravens when they cry.
	10 He takes no delight in the power of horses, no pleasure in human sturdiness;
	11 his pleasure is in those who fear him, in those who hope in his faithful love.
	12 Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem, Zion, praise your God.
	13 For he gives strength to the bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you,
	14 he maintains the peace of your frontiers, gives you your fil of finest wheat.
	15 He sends his word to the earth, his command runs quickly,
	16 he spreads the snow like flax, strews hoarfrost like ashes,
	17 he sends ice-crystals like breadcrumbs, and who can withstand that cold?
	18 When he sends his word it thaws them, when he makes his wind blow, the waters are unstopped.
	19 He reveals his word to Jacob, his statutes and judgements to Israel.
	20 For no other nation has he done this, no other has known his judgements.