² I will praise the Lord all my life;^(A)
    I will sing praise^(B) to my God as long as I live.^(C)

⁷ He upholds^(A) the cause of the oppressed^(B)
    and gives food to the hungry.^(C)
The Lord sets prisoners free,^(D)

⁸     the Lord gives sight^(A) to the blind,^(B)
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,^(C)
    the Lord loves the righteous.^(D)
9 The Lord watches over the foreigner^(E)
    and sustains the fatherless^(F) and the widow,^(G)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

⁹ The Lord watches over the foreigner^(A)
    and sustains the fatherless^(B) and the widow,^(C)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

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

Praise the Lord.