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!
He Heals the Brokenhearted
aPraise the Lord!
For bit is good to sing praises to our God;
for cit is pleasant, and da song of praise is fitting.
2 The Lord abuilds up Jerusalem;
he bgathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals athe brokenhearted
and bbinds up their wounds.
4 He adetermines the number of the stars;
he bgives to all of them their names.
5 aGreat is our Lord, and babundant in power;
chis understanding is beyond measure.
6 The Lord alifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 aSing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on bthe lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares arain for the earth;
he makes bgrass grow on the hills.
9 He agives to the beasts their food,
and to bthe young ravens that cry.
10 His delight is not in athe strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord atakes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who bhope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens athe bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14 He amakes peace in your borders;
he bfills you with the cfinest of the wheat.
15 He asends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives asnow like wool;
he scatters bfrost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his crystals of aice like crumbs;
who can stand before his bcold?
18 He asends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob,
his astatutes and rules to Israel.
20 He ahas not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.
bPraise the Lord!
Praise the Name of the Lord
aPraise the Lord!
Praise the Lord bfrom the heavens;
praise him cin the heights!
2 Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his ahosts!
3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
4 Praise him, you ahighest heavens,
and you bwaters above the heavens!
5 aLet them praise the name of the Lord!
For bhe commanded and they were created.
6 And he aestablished them forever and ever;
he gave ba decree, and it shall not cpass away.
7 Praise the Lord afrom the earth,
you bgreat sea creatures and all deeps,
8 afire and hail, bsnow and mist,
cstormy wind dfulfilling his word!
9 aMountains and all hills,
bfruit trees and all ccedars!
10 aBeasts and all livestock,
creeping things and bflying birds!
11 Kings of the earth and aall peoples,
princes and all rulers of the earth!
12 Young men and maidens together,
old men and children!
13 aLet them praise the name of the Lord,
for bhis name alone is exalted;
chis majesty is above earth and heaven.
14 He has araised up a horn for his people,
bpraise for all his saints,
for the people of Israel who are cnear to him.
dPraise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a New Song
aPraise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord ba new song,
his praise in cthe assembly of the godly!
2 Let Israel abe glad in bhis Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their cKing!
3 Let them praise his name with adancing,
making melody to him with btambourine and clyre!
4 For the Lord atakes pleasure in his people;
he badorns the humble with salvation.
5 Let the godly exult in glory;
let them asing for joy on their bbeds.
6 Let athe high praises of God be in their throats
and btwo‑edged swords in their hands,
7 to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishments on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with achains
and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9 to execute on them the judgment awritten!
bThis is honor for all his godly ones.
cPraise the Lord!
Let Everything Praise the Lord
aPraise the Lord!
Praise God in his bsanctuary;
praise him in chis mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his amighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent bgreatness!
3 Praise him with atrumpet sound;
praise him with blute and bharp!
4 Praise him with atambourine and adance;
praise him with bstrings and cpipe!
5 Praise him with sounding acymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let aeverything that has breath praise the Lord!
bPraise the Lord!