The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
1 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
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Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD, my soul.
2 As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.
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I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3 Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
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Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
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When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,
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Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.
6 Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;
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He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
7 Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
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He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
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the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
9 Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.
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The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 Jehovah will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halleluiah!
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The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.
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