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1 Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD, my soul.
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Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
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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While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
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Don't put your trust in princes, Each a son of man in whom there is no help.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
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His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in 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 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
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Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;
7 He upholds the cause 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 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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Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
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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Yahweh preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.
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Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
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