1 Praise the LORD, my soul! O praise him!
2 I’ll extol him all my days.
I will sing as long as I live;
I will sing to God my praise!
3 Put no confidence in princes,
nor on human help depend.
4 They shall die, to dust returning;
all their thoughts and plans shall end.
5 Blessèd is the one who truly
looks for help to Jacob’s God;
Blessèd is the one who places
all their hope upon the LORD.
6 Heaven and earth the LORD created,
seas and all that they contain.
He delivers from oppression;
righteousness he will sustain.
7 He gives food to those who hunger,
sets the mourning prisoner free,
8 raises those bowed down with anguish,
makes the sightless eyes to see.
9 The LORD helps orphan and widow,
but he thwarts the wicked’s ways.
10 His reign o’er Zion shall endure;
O sing to the LORD your praise!
– cento
Oremus 