Praise the Lord,^(A) my soul.

² I will praise the Lord all my life;^(B)
    I will sing praise^(C) to my God as long as I live.^(D)
3 Do not put your trust in princes,^(E)
    in human beings,^(F) who cannot save.
⁴ When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;^(G)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.^(H)
5 Blessed are those^(I) whose help^(J) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

⁶ He is the Maker of heaven^(K) and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful^(L) forever.
⁷ He upholds^(M) the cause of the oppressed^(N)
    and gives food to the hungry.^(O)
The Lord sets prisoners free,^(P)
8     the Lord gives sight^(Q) to the blind,^(R)
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,^(S)
    the Lord loves the righteous.^(T)
9 The Lord watches over the foreigner^(U)
    and sustains the fatherless^(V) and the widow,^(W)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

¹⁰ The Lord reigns^(X) forever,
    your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.

¹⁷ Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,^(A)
    and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
    and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace^(B) your governor
    and well-being your ruler.^(C)
18 No longer will violence^(D) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction^(E) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation^(F)
    and your gates Praise.^(G)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^(H)
    and your God will be your glory.^(I)
20 Your sun^(J) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow^(K) will end.
²¹ Then all your people will be righteous^(L)
    and they will possess^(M) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(N)
    the work of my hands,^(O)
    for the display of my splendor.^(P)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(Q)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(R)