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:
6Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
7Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;