The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Halleluyah! Praise ADONAI, my soul!
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Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
2 I will praise ADONAI as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God all my life.
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While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
3 Don't put your trust in princes or in mortals, who cannot help.
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Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to dust; on that very day all their plans are gone.
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Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
5 Happy is he whose help is Ya'akov's God, whose hope is in ADONAI his God.
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Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 He made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; he keeps faith forever.
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Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
7 He secures justice for the oppressed, he gives food to the hungry. ADONAI sets prisoners free,
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Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
8 ADONAI opens the eyes of the blind, ADONAI lifts up those who are bent over. ADONAI loves the righteous.
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The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
9 ADONAI watches over strangers, he sustains the fatherless and widows; but the way of the wicked he twists.
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The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
10 ADONAI will reign forever, your God, Tziyon, through all generations. Halleluyah!
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The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.