1 Praise the Lord!Let my whole being praise the Lord!
2 I will praise the Lord with all my life;I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
3 Don’t trust leaders;don’t trust any human beings—there’s no saving help with them!
4 Their breath leaves them,then they go back to the ground.On that very same day, their plans die too.
5 The person whose help is the God of Jacob—the person whose hope rests on the Lord their God—is truly happy!
6 God: the maker of heaven and earth,the sea, and all that is in them,God: who is faithful forever,
7 who gives justice to people who are oppressed,who gives bread to people who are starving!The Lord: who frees prisoners.