Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, my soul!
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Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
2 I will praise him as long as I live; I will sing to my God all my life.
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While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3 Don't put your trust in human leaders; no human being can save you.
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Don't put your trust in princes, Each a son of man in whom there is no help.
4 When they die, they return to the dust; on that day all their plans come to an end.
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His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
5 Happy are those who have the God of Jacob to help them and who depend on the Lord their God,
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Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
6 the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them. He always keeps his promises;
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Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;
7 he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free
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Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
8 and gives sight to the blind. He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people.
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Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
9 He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin.
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Yahweh preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
10 The Lord is king forever. Your God, O Zion, will reign for all time. Praise the Lord!
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Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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