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Praise
the LORD! Praise the LORD, I tell myself.
I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to
my God even with my dying breath.
Don't put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you
there.
When their breathing stops, they return to the earth, and in a moment
all their plans come to an end.
But happy are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose
hope is in the LORD their God.
He is the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in
them.
He is the one who keeps every promise forever,
who gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD
frees the prisoners.
The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts the burdens of
those bent beneath their loads.
The LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the
orphans and widows,
but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
The LORD will reign forever. O Jerusalem, your God is King in
every generation! Praise the LORD!
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