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Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
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Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
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When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
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Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
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the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them--the LORD, who remains faithful forever.
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He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
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the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
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The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
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The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.
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