1 Praise the lord!Let all that I am praise the lord.
2 I will praise the lord as long as I live.I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,and all their plans die with them.
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper,whose hope is in the lord their God.
6 He made heaven and earth,the sea, and everything in them.He keeps every promise forever.
7 He gives justice to the oppressedand food to the hungry.The lord frees the prisoners.
8 The lord opens the eyes of the blind.The lord lifts up those who are weighed down.The lord loves the godly.
9 The lord protects the foreigners among us.He cares for the orphans and widows,but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
10 The lord will reign forever.He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations.Praise the lord!