Trust in God, Creator and Redeemer
Alleluia.
Praise the Lord, O my soul.
I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God throughout my life.
Do not place your trust in princes, in mortal men who have no power to save.
When the spirit departs, they return to the earth; on that very day all their plans come to naught.
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord, his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— the one who keeps faith forever.
He grants justice to the oppressed and gives bread to the hungry.
The Lord releases prisoners and opens the eyes of those who cannot see.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the stranger and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he blocks the way of the wicked.
The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Alleluia.