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