New Living Translation | NET Bible |
1Praise the LORD! Let all that I am praise the LORD. | 1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! |
2I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath. | 2I will praise the LORD as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist! |
3Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there. | 3Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! |
4When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them. | 4Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die. |
5But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God. | 5How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, |
6He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever. | 6the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful, |
7He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners. | 7vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned. |
8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly. | 8The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly. |
9The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked. | 9The LORD protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked. |
10The LORD will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the LORD! | 10The LORD rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the LORD! |
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