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1 Praise the LORD ! Let all that I am praise the LORD .
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Praise the LORD! Let my whole being praise the LORD!
2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
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I will praise the LORD with all my life; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
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Don't trust leaders; don't trust any human beings— there's no saving help with them!
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
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Their breath leaves them, then they go back to the ground. On that very same day, their plans die too.
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God.
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The person whose help is the God of Jacob— the person whose hope rests on the LORD their God— is truly happy!
6 He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
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God: the maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, God: who is faithful forever,
7 He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
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who gives justice to people who are oppressed, who gives bread to people who are starving! The LORD: who frees prisoners.
8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly.
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The LORD: who makes the blind see. The LORD: who straightens up those who are bent low. The LORD: who loves the righteous.
9 The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
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The LORD: who protects immigrants, who helps orphans and widows, but who makes the way of the wicked twist and turn!
10 The LORD will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the LORD !
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The LORD will rule forever! Zion, your God will rule from one generation to the next! Praise the LORD!
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