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1 Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD, my soul.
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Praise the LORD ! Let all that I am praise the LORD .
2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
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I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
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Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
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When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.
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But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God.
6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
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He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
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He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
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The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly.
9 The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
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The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.
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The LORD will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the LORD !
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