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1 Praise Hashem.
Praise Hashem, O my nefesh.
2 While I live will I praise Hashem:
I will sing praise unto Elohai while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes,
nor in the ben adam, in whom there is no teshuah (salvation).
4 His ruach departs, he returneth to his adamah;
in yom hahu his plans come to nothing.
5 Ashrei is he that hath El Ya'akov for his ezer,
whose hope is in Hashem Elohav:
6 Oseh Shomayim vaAretz,
the yam,
and all that therein is: HaShomer Emes l'olam (Who keepeth Truth forever):
7 Oseh mishpat for the oppressed;
Who giveth lechem to the hungry.
Hashem mattir asurim (sets free the prisoners):
8 Hashem openeth the eyes of the ivrim:
Hashem raiseth them that are bowed down:
Hashem loveth the tzaddikim:
9 Hashem shomer over the gerim;
He relieveth the yatom (fatherless, orphan) and almanah;
but the Derech Resha'im He frustrates.
10 Hashem shall reign l'olam,
even thy G-d, O Tziyon, l'dor vador.
Praise Hashem.