1  Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2  I will praise the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3  ^vPut not your trust in princes,

in a son of man, ^win whom there is no salvation.

4  When his breath departs, he ^xreturns to the earth;

on that very day his plans perish.

5  ^yBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose ^zhope is in the Lord his God,

6  who made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them,

who keeps faith forever;

7  who executes ^ajustice for the oppressed,

who ^bgives food to the hungry.

^cThe Lord ^dsets the prisoners free;

8  the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

The Lord ^elifts up those who are bowed down;

the Lord loves the righteous.

9  ^fThe Lord watches over the sojourners;

he upholds the widow and the fatherless,

but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

10  The Lord will reign ^gforever,

your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!