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Psalm 146
Lauda, anima mea
1
Hallelujah! Praise the LORD , O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
2
Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth,
for there is no help in them.
3
When they breathe their last, they return to earth,
and in that day their thoughts perish.
4
Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help!
whose hope is in the LORD their God;
5
Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them;
who keeps his promise for ever;
6
Who gives justice to those who are oppressed,
and food to those who hunger.
7
The LORD sets the prisoners free; the LORD opens the eyes of the blind;
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;
8
The LORD loves the righteous; the LORD cares for the stranger;
he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.
9
The LORD shall reign for ever,
your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah!