[1] Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. [2] While
I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God
while I have my being. [3] Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of
man, in whom there is no salvation. [4] Man's breath goes out, he is turned
back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end. [5] Happy
is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord
his God: [6] Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them;
who keeps faith for ever: [7] Who gives their rights to those who are
crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes
the prisoners free; [8] The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord
is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the
upright; [9] The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he
gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends
destruction on the way of sinners. [10] The Lord will be King for ever;
your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the
Lord.
