1 Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2 While I live I will praise the Lord;

I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

3 Do not trust in princes,

In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).

4 When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;

In that very day his thoughts and plans perish. [1 Cor 2:6]

5 How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel),

Whose hope is in the Lord his God, [Gen 32:30]

6 Who made heaven and earth,

The sea, and all that is in them,

Who keeps truth and is faithful forever, [Gen 1:3]

7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,

Who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets free the prisoners.

8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;

The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

The Lord loves the *righteous [the upright in heart]. [Luke 13:13; John 9:7, 32]

9 The Lord protects the strangers;

He supports the fatherless and the widow;

But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.

10 The Lord shall reign forever,

Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) [Ps 10:16; Rev 11:15]