1Praise thou the Lord, O my soul.
2I will praise the Lord during my life; as long as I have any being, I will sing unto my God.
3Put not your trust in Princes, nor in the son of man, for there is no help in him.
4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth; then his thoughts perish.
5Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keepeth his fidelity forever,
7Which executeth justice for the oppressed, which giveth bread to the hungry; the Lord looseth the prisoners.
8The Lord giveth sight to the blind: the Lord raiseth up the crooked: the Lord loveth the righteous.
9The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but he overthroweth the way of the wicked.
10The Lord shall reign forever: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Praise ye the Lord.