[1] Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul. [2] I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. [3] Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. [4] When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish. [5] Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, [6] the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever. [7] He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, [8] the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. [9] The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. [10] The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
