A fraqueza do homem e a fidelidade de Deus

1 Aleluia!

Louva, ó minha alma, ao Senhor.

2 Louvarei ao Senhor durante a minha vida;

cantarei louvores ao meu Deus, enquanto eu viver.

3 Não confieis em príncipes,

nem nos filhos dos homens, em quem não há salvação.

4 Sai-lhes o espírito, e eles tornam ao pó;

nesse mesmo dia, perecem todos os seus desígnios.

5 Bem-aventurado aquele que tem o Deus de Jacó por seu auxílio,

cuja esperança está no Senhor, seu Deus,

6 que fez os céus e a terra,

o mar e tudo o que neles há

e mantém para sempre a sua fidelidade.

7 Que faz justiça aos oprimidos

e dá pão aos que têm fome.

O Senhor liberta os encarcerados.

8 O Senhor abre os olhos aos cegos,

o Senhor levanta os abatidos,

o Senhor ama os justos.

9 O Senhor guarda o peregrino,

ampara o órfão e a viúva,

porém transtorna o caminho dos ímpios.

10 O Senhor reina para sempre;

o teu Deus, ó Sião, reina de geração em geração.

Aleluia!

1 Praise ye Jehovah.

Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2 While I live will I praise Jehovah:

I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3 Put not your trust in princes,

Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;

In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,

Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

6 Who made heaven and earth,

The sea, and all that in them is;

Who keepeth truth for ever;

7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed;

Who giveth food to the hungry.

Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

8 Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind;

Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down;

Jehovah loveth the righteous;

9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners;

He upholdeth the fatherless and widow;

But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10 Jehovah will reign for ever,

Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.

Praise ye Jehovah.

1 Praise the LORD. "Praise the LORD, my soul.

2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.

4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.

6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them — he remains faithful forever.

7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,

8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

9 The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.