Psalms 146 / 150
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(Put Not Your Trust in Princes)
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
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I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
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Put not your trust in princes,
in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
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When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
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Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
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who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
who keeps faith forever;
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who executes justice for the oppressed,
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;
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the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
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The Lord watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
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The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!