1 P raise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2 I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3 D o not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

4 H is spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 H ow blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

6 W ho made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;

7 W ho executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.

8 T he Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous;

9 T he Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

10 T he Lord will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!