[1] Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. [2] I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. [3] Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver. [4] Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground. On that day their plans die. [5] How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, [6] the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful, [7] vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned. [8] The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly. [9] The LORD protects the resident foreigner. He lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked. [10] The LORD rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come. Praise the LORD!
