[1] Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord.
[2] I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
[3] Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
[4] When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
[5] But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
[6] He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
[7] He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners.
[8] The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly.
[9] The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
[10] The Lord will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the Lord!