Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. 1
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 2
Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. 3
When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 4
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, 5
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them, the LORD, who remains faithful forever. 6
He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free, 7
the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. 8
The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 9
The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD. 10