| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! | 1Praise the LORD! Let all that I am praise the LORD. |
| 2I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. | 2I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath. |
| 3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. | 3Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there. |
| 4When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. | 4When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them. |
| 5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, | 5But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God. |
| 6who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; | 6He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever. |
| 7who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free; | 7He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees 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 opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly. |
| 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 protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked. |
| 10The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! | 10The LORD will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the LORD! |
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