1 *See Ps. 135:1Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

2 I will praise the Lord*Ps. 63:4;[Ps. 145:2] as long as I live;

*Ps. 104:33I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3 *Ps. 118:9Put not your trust in princes,

*Ps. 118:8;[Isa. 2:22;Jer. 17:5] in a son of man, in whom there is *Ps. 60:11;108:12no salvation.

4 When *Ps. 104:29;[Eccles. 12:7]; See Job 10:9; 34:14, 15his breath departs, he returns to the earth;

on that very day his plans perish.

5 *[Ps. 144:15] Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose *Ps. 119:116;See Ps. 2:12hope is in the Lord his God,

6 *See Ps. 115:15who made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them,

*[Ps. 100:5;117:2]who keeps faith forever;

7 *Ps. 103:6who executes justice for the oppressed,

*Ps. 107:9;145:15who gives food to the hungry.

*Ps. 105:20;Isa. 61:1;[Ps. 68:6]The Lord sets the prisoners free;

8 *Matt. 9:30;John 9:7the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

*Ps. 145:14;[Ps. 147:6] The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

*Ps. 11:7the Lord loves the righteous.

9 *[Ex. 22:21] The Lord watches over the sojourners;

*Deut. 10:18;[Ex. 22:22]; See Ps. 10:14he upholds the widow and the fatherless,

but *[Ps. 147:6]the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

10 *See Ps. 10:16The Lord will reign forever,

your God, O Zion, to all generations.

*[See ver. 1above]Praise the Lord!