[1] Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! [2] I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. [3] Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. [4] His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. [5] How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, [6] Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever; [7] Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free. [8] The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous; [9] The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. [10] The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!
