Put Not Your Trust in Princes
aPraise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 I will praise the Lord aas long as I live;
bI will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 aPut not your trust in princes,
bin a son of man, in whom there is cno salvation.
4 When ahis breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
5 aBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose bhope is in the Lord his God,
6 awho made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
bwho keeps faith forever;
7 awho executes justice for the oppressed,
bwho gives food to the hungry.
cThe Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 athe Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
bThe Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
cthe Lord loves the righteous.
9 aThe Lord watches over the sojourners;
bhe upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but cthe way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10 aThe Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
bPraise the Lord!