1Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man,

In whom there is no help.

4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;

In that very day his thoughts perish.

5Happy 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 truth for ever:

7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed:

Which giveth food to the hungry.

The LORD looseth the prisoners:

8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind:

The LORD raiseth them that are bowed down:

The LORD loveth the righteous:

9The LORD preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and widow:

But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion,

Unto all generations.

Praise ye the LORD.