Put Not Your Trust in Princes

1 1Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 I will praise the Lord 2as long as I live; 3I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 4Put not your trust in princes, 5in a son of man, in whom there is 6no salvation.
4 When 7his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
5 8Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose 9hope is in the Lord his God,
6 10who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, 11who keeps faith forever;
7 12who executes justice for the oppressed, 13who gives food to the hungry. 14The Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 15the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. 16The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; 17the Lord loves the righteous.
9 18The Lord watches over the sojourners; 19he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but 20the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10 21The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. 22Praise the Lord!