1 Hallelujah!  Praise the Lord, O my soul!  *I will praise the Lord a long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

 2 Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *for there is no help in them.

3 When they breathe their last, they return to earth, *and in that day their thoughts perish.

 4 Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! *whose hope is in the Lord their God;

5 Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *who keeps his promise for ever;

6 Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, *and food to those who hunger.

7 The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind; *the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

8 The Lord loves the righteous; the Lord cares for the stranger; *he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.

9 The Lord shall reign for ever, *your God, O Zion, throughout all generations.  Hallelujah!