1 Praise the Lord, my soul, O praise Him;
to the Lord your praises give;
2 I will praise Him my whole life;
sing praise to God long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes;
in mere man who cannot save—
4 When they die, their plans are nothing;
they de-scend in-to the grave.
5 Bless-ed is the one whose help is
Jacob’s God—how bless’d is he!
Bless-ed is the one whose hope is
in the Lord his God, for He
6 is the Maker of the heavens,
Maker of the earth and sea;
He, the Lord, made all that fills them,
and keeps faith e-ter-nal-ly.
7 He upholds the cause of those who
are oppressed—to them is kind;
He gives food un-to the hun-gry;
and gives sight un-to the blind.
8 The Lord sets the pris’ners free -
lifts up those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous ones, and
does their lives with glory crown.
9 The Lord watches o’er the strangers;
and sustains the father-less;
Helps the widows, but He frustrates
wicked ones who would o-ppress.
10 The Lord God will reign for-ever;
your God, Zion, ever-more;
He reigns for all gene-rations;
hal-le-lujah! Praise the Lord!