2While I live will I praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4His breath goes forth, he returns to his 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 heaven and earth, the sea and all that therein is; who keeps truth for ever;

7Who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the prisoners;

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

9The LORD takes care of the poor; he feeds the fatherless and widows; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

10The LORD shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD.