Do not put your trust in princes,(A)
    in human beings,(B) who cannot save.
When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;(C)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.(D)
Blessed are those(E) whose help(F) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

He is the Maker of heaven(G) and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful(H) forever.
He upholds(I) the cause of the oppressed(J)
    and gives food to the hungry.(K)
The Lord sets prisoners free,(L)

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

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

Happy 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 oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

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