1Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
2While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
5Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: