^1. PRAISE [1] the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

^2. I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

^3. Do not trust in princes, In [2] mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

^4. His spirit departs, he returns to [3] the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

^5. How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,

^6. Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps [4] faith forever;

^7. Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free.

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

^9. The LORD [8] protects the [7] strangers; He [6] supports the fatherless and the widow, But He [5] thwarts the way of the wicked.

^10. The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. [10] Praise [9] the LORD!