1 - Praise the Lord. Hebrew [Hallelu Yah]; also in verse 10 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 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 foreigner 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.