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Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.
I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.
[You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].
And when they die, their corpses [decay and] become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do.
But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob [worshiped] are happy. The one whom they confidently expect [to help them] is Yahweh, their God.
He is the one who created heaven and the earth and the oceans and all [the creatures] that are in them. He always does what he has promised to do.
7 ೭ ಹಿಂಸೆಗೆ ಗುರಿಯಾದವರ ನ್ಯಾಯವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುವವನೂ, ಹಸಿದವರಿಗೆ ಆಹಾರ ಕೊಡುವವನೂ ಆತನೇ. ಯೆಹೋವನು ಸೆರೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವವರನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
He decides matters fairly for those who are (treated unfairly/oppressed), and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison.
8 ೮ ಯೆಹೋವನು ಕುರುಡರಿಗೆ ಕಣ್ಣು ಕೊಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಯೆಹೋವನು ಕುಗ್ಗಿದವರನ್ನು ಉದ್ಧರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಯೆಹೋವನು ನೀತಿವಂತರನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].
9 ೯ ಯೆಹೋವನು ಪರದೇಶದವರನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆತನು ಅನಾಥರಿಗೂ, ವಿಧವೆಯರಿಗೂ ಆಧಾರವಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಆದರೆ ದುಷ್ಟರ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಡೊಂಕು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, and he helps widows and orphans. But he gets rid of wicked [people].
Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!
