| New Living Translation | New International Version |
| 1Praise the LORD! Let all that I am praise the LORD. | 1Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, my soul. |
| 2I will praise the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath. | 2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. |
| 3Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there. | 3Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. |
| 4When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them. | 4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. |
| 5But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the LORD their God. | 5Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God. |
| 6He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever. | 6He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- he remains faithful forever. |
| 7He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners. | 7He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free, |
| 8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly. | 8the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. |
| 9The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked. | 9The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. |
| 10The LORD will reign forever. He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations. Praise the LORD! | 10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD. |
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