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              1 Praise the LORD ! Praise the LORD , O my soul!
            
            
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Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD, my soul.            
            
              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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I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.            
            
              3 Do not trust in princes, In mortal 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 spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
            
            
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When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.            
            
              5 How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD  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 heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;
            
            
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He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.            
            
              7 Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD  sets the prisoners free.
            
            
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He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,            
            
              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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the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.            
            
              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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The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.            
            
              10 The LORD  will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD !
            
            
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The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.            
          
            
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