³ Do not put your trust in princes,
    in mortals, in whom there is no help.^(C)
4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
    on that very day their plans perish.^(D)

⁵ Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God,^(E)
6 who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;^(F)
7     who executes justice for the oppressed;
    who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;^(G)
8     the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    the Lord loves the righteous.^(H)
9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
    he upholds the orphan and the widow,
    but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.^(I)

¹⁰ The Lord will reign forever,
    your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!^(J)

“My soul magnifies the Lord,^(C)
47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,^(D)
48 for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant.
    Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed,^(E)
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
    and holy is his name;^(F)
50 indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him
    from generation to generation.^(G)
51 He has shown strength with his arm;
    he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.^(H)
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
    and lifted up the lowly;^(I)
53 he has filled the hungry with good things
    and sent the rich away empty.^(J)
54 He has come to the aid of his child Israel,
    in remembrance of his mercy,^(K)
55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
    to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”^(L)