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Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
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While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
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Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
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His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.
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Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
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Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,
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Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.
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The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous.
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The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.