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.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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