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¹ Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!
² While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
³ Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
⁴ His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.
⁵ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
⁶ Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,
⁷ Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners.
⁸ The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous.
⁹ The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
¹⁰ The LORD shall reign forever--Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!