1 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 While I live I will praise the Lord;I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;In that very day his plans perish.
5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Who made heaven and earth,The sea, and all that is in them;Who keeps truth forever,
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,Who gives food to the hungry.The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;The Lord raises those who are bowed down;The Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the strangers;He relieves the fatherless and widow;But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
10 The Lord shall reign forever—Your God, O Zion, to all generations.Praise the Lord!