³ Do not put your trust in princes,
    in mortals, in whom there is no help.^(C)
4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
    on that very day their plans perish.^(D)

⁵ Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God,^(E)
6 who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;^(F)
7     who executes justice for the oppressed;
    who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;^(G)
8     the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    the Lord loves the righteous.^(H)
9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
    he upholds the orphan and the widow,
    but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.^(I)

¹⁰ The Lord will reign forever,
    your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!^(J)