1O praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

4His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

6Who made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;

7Who carries out justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD lets the prisoners loose;

8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous;

9The LORD preserves the strangers; He sustains the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

10The LORD shall reign forever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. O praise the LORD!