Put Not Your Trust in Princes
146Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
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I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
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Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
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His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
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How 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 raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous;
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The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
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The Lord will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!