My soul, praise the Lord!
<2> I will praise the Lord all my life.
I will sing praises to him as long as I live.
<3> Don't depend on your leaders for help.
Don't depend on people because they cannot save you.
<4> People die and are buried.
Then all their plans to help are gone.
<5> But those who ask God for help will be blessed.
They depend on the Lord their God.
<6> He made heaven and earth.
He made the sea and everything in it.
He can be trusted to do what he says.
<7> He does what is right
for those who have been hurt.
He gives food to the hungry.
The Lord frees people locked up in prison.
<8> The Lord makes the blind see again.
The Lord helps those who are in trouble.
The Lord loves those who do right.
<9> The Lord protects strangers in our country.
He cares for widows and orphans,
but he destroys the wicked.
<10> The Lord will rule forever!
Zion,[666] your God will rule forever and ever!
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