[Verse 1]
D G D
Hallelujah, praise Jehovah,
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O my soul, Jehovah praise;
G D
I will sing the glorious praises
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of my God through all my days.
G D
Put no confidence in princes,
G D
nor for help on man depend;
G D
he shall die, to dust returning,
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and his purposes shall end.
[Verse 2]
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Happy is the man that chooses
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Israel's God to be his aid;
G D
he is blessed whose hope of blessing
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on the Lord his God is stayed.
G D
Heav'n and earth the Lord created,
G D
seas and all that they contain;
G D
he delivers from oppression,
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righteousness he will maintain.
[Verse 3]
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Food he daily gives the hungry,
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sets the mourning pris’ner free,
G D
raises those bowed down with anguish,
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makes the sightless eye to see.
G D
Well Jehovah loves the righteous,
G D
and the stranger he befriends,
G D
helps the fatherless and widow,
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judgment on the wicked sends.
[Verse 4]
D G D
Hallelujah, praise Jehovah,
Em7 A D
O my soul, Jehovah praise;
G D
I will sing the glorious praises
Em7 A D
of my God through all my days.
G D
Over all God reigns forever,
G D
through all ages he is King;
G D
unto him, your God, O Zion,
Em7 A D
joyful hallelujahs sing.