1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! (Ps 135,1)2I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. (Ps 63,4; Ps 104,33; Ps 145,2)3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. (Ps 60,11; Ps 108,12; Ps 118,8; Ps 118,9; Jes 2,22; Jer 17,5)4When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. (Ps 104,29; Pred 12,7)5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, (Ps 2,12; Ps 119,116; Ps 144,15)6who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; (Ps 100,5; Ps 115,15; Ps 117,2)7who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free; (Ps 68,6; Ps 103,6; Ps 105,20; Ps 107,9; Ps 145,15; Jes 61,1)8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. (Ps 11,7; Ps 145,14; Ps 147,6; Mt 9,30; Joh 9,7)9The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. (2Mo 22,21; 2Mo 22,22; 5Mo 10,18; Ps 147,6)10The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! (Ps 1,1; Ps 10,16)