Happy are they whose hope is in the Lord—The Lord looseth the prisoners, loveth the righteous, and reigneth forever.

 ^aPRAISE^• ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

 Put not your ^atrust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

 His ^abreath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

 ^aHappy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

 Which executeth judgment for the ^aoppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

 The LORD openeth the ^aeyes^• of the ^bblind^•: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the ^afatherless^• and ^bwidow^•: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

 The LORD shall reign for ^aever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.