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1 Praise the LORD ! Praise the LORD, O my soul !
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1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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2 I will praise the LORD while I live ; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
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2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
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3 Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
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3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
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4 His spirit departs, he returns to the earth ; In that very day his thoughts perish.
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4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
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5 How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
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5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
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6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever ;
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6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- the LORD, who remains faithful forever.
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7 Who executes justice for the oppressed ; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free.
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7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
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8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind ; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down ; The LORD loves the righteous ;
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8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
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9 The LORD protects the strangers ; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
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9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
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10 The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD !
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10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.
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