1. Praise the LORD. Praise
the LORD, O 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 mortal men, who cannot save.
4. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very
day their plans come to nothing.
5. Blessed is he 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-- the
LORD, who remains faithful forever.
7. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and 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 alien and sustains the fatherless and the
widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10. The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise
the LORD.
14. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.