| English Standard Version | King James Bible |
| 1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! | 1Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. |
| 2I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. | 2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. |
| 3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. | 3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. |
| 4When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. | 4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. |
| 5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, | 5Happy is he that hath 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 is in them, who keeps faith forever; | 6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: |
| 7who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free; | 7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: |
| 8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. | 8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: |
| 9The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. | 9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. |
| 10The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! | 10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. |
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