The LORD an Abundant Helper.
1Praise 2the LORD!aPraise the LORD, O my soul!Or Hallelujah!Heb YAHPs 103:12 I will praise the LORD awhile I live;I will bsing praises to my God while I have my being.Ps 63:4Ps 104:333 aDo not trust in princes,In 1mortal bman, in whom there is cno salvation.Lit a son of a manPs 118:9Ps 118:8; Is 2:22Ps 60:11; 108:124 His aspirit departs, he breturns to 1the earth;In that very day his cthoughts perish.Lit his earthPs 104:29Eccl 12:7Ps 33:10; 1 Cor 2:65 How ablessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,Whose bhope is in the LORD his God,Ps 144:15; Jer 17:7Ps 71:56 Who amade heaven and earth,The bsea and all that is in them;Who ckeeps 1faith forever;Or truthPs 115:15; Rev 14:7Acts 14:15Ps 117:27 Who aexecutes justice for the oppressed;Who bgives food to the hungry.The LORD csets the prisoners free.Ps 103:6Ps 107:9; 145:15Ps 68:6; Is 61:1
8 The LORD aopens the eyes of the blind;The LORD braises up those who are bowed down;The LORD cloves the righteous;Matt 9:30; John 9:7Ps 145:14Ps 11:79 The LORD 1aprotects the 2strangers;He 3bsupports the fatherless and the widow,But He 4thwarts cthe way of the wicked.Or keepsOr sojournersOr relievesLit makes crookedEx 22:21; Lev 19:34Deut 10:18; Ps 68:5Ps 147:610 The LORD will areign forever,Your God, O Zion, to all generations.1Praise 2the LORD!Or Hallelujah!Heb YAHEx 15:18; Ps 10:16