1 Hallelujah!

My soul, praise the  Lord.  *

2 I will praise the  Lord all my life;

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

3 Do not trust in nobles,

in a son of man,  * who cannot save.  *

4 When his breath  * leaves him,

he returns to the ground;

on that day his plans die.  *

5 Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the  Lord his God,  *

6 the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in them.  *

He remains faithful forever,  *

7 executing justice for the exploited

and giving food to the hungry.  *

The Lord frees prisoners.  *

8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.  *

The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.  *,*

The Lord loves the righteous.  *

9 The Lord protects resident aliens

and helps the fatherless and the widow,  *

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.  *

10 The Lord reigns forever;

Zion, your God reigns for all generations.  *

Hallelujah!