The Psalms

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

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

Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God;

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

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

The Lord opens [the eyes of] the blind; The Lord raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous;

The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

The Lord will reign forever, Thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!