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 1  Praise the Lord|strong="H3050"! 
Praise the  Lord, O my soul! 
 2  I will praise the  Lord as long as I live! 
I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist! 
 3  Do not trust in princes, 
or in human beings, who cannot deliver! 
 4  Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; 
on that day their plans die. 
 5  How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, 
whose hope is in the  Lord his God, 
 6  the one who made heaven and earth, 
the sea, and all that is in them, 
who remains forever faithful, 
 7  vindicates the oppressed, 
and gives food to the hungry. 
The  Lord releases the imprisoned. 
 8  The  Lord gives sight to the blind. 
The  Lord lifts up all who are bent over. 
The  Lord loves the godly. 
 9  The  Lord protects those residing outside their native land; 
he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, 
but he opposes the wicked. 
 10  The  Lord rules forever, 
your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! 
Praise the Lord|strong="H3050"! 
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