1PRAISE the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
2While I live I will praise the LORD;
I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortal man, in whom there is no help.
4 When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground;
on that very day all his thoughts 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 all that is 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,
8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind,
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the foreigner,
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The LORD reigns forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the LORD!