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¹ Hallelujah!
My soul, praise the Lord.^(a)
2 I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing to my God as long as I live.^(b)

³ Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.^(c)
4 When his breath^[a] leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.^(d)

⁵ Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,^(e)
6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea and everything in them.^(f)
He remains faithful forever,^(g)
7 executing justice for the exploited
and giving food to the hungry.^(h)
The Lord frees prisoners.^(i)
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.^(j)
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.^[b](k)
The Lord loves the righteous.^(l)
9 The Lord protects foreigners
and helps the fatherless and the widow,^(m)
but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.⁽ⁿ⁾

¹⁰ The Lord reigns forever;
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.^(o)
Hallelujah!