1 Hallelujah!My soul, praise the Lord.
2 I will praise the Lord all my life;I will sing to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not trust in nobles,in man, who cannot save.
4 When his breath leaves him,he returns to the ground;on that day his plans die.
5 Happy is the one 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 executing justice for the exploitedand giving food to the hungry. The Lord frees prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are oppressed. The Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord protects foreignersand helps the fatherless and the widow, but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The Lord reigns forever;Zion, your God reigns for all generations. Hallelujah!