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Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.
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I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
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Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver.
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Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground. On that day their plans die.
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How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
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The one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,
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vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.
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The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly.
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The Lord protects the resident foreigner. He lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.
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The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come. Praise the Lord!