Put Not Your Trust in Princes
1nPraise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2I will praise the Lord oas long as I live;
pI will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3qPut not your trust in princes,
rin a son of man, in whom there is sno salvation.
4When this breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
5uBlessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose vhope is in the Lord his God,
6wwho made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
xwho keeps faith forever;
7ywho executes justice for the oppressed,
zwho gives food to the hungry.
aThe Lord sets the prisoners free;
8bthe Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
cThe Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
dthe Lord loves the righteous.
9eThe Lord watches over the sojourners;
fhe upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but gthe way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10hThe Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
nPraise the Lord!
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 43:38 • ID: 2391He Heals the Brokenhearted
1iPraise the Lord!
For jit is good to sing praises to our God;
for kit is pleasant,1 and la song of praise is fitting.
2The Lord mbuilds up Jerusalem;
he ngathers the outcasts of Israel.
3He heals othe brokenhearted
and pbinds up their wounds.
4He qdetermines the number of the stars;
he rgives to all of them their names.
5sGreat is our Lord, and tabundant in power;
uhis understanding is beyond measure.
6The Lord vlifts up the humble;2
he casts the wicked to the ground.
7wSing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on xthe lyre!
8He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares yrain for the earth;
he makes zgrass grow on the hills.
9He agives to the beasts their food,
and to bthe young ravens that cry.
10His delight is not in cthe strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11but the Lord dtakes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who ehope in his steadfast love.
12Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
13For he strengthens fthe bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.
14He gmakes peace in your borders;
he hfills you with the ifinest of the wheat.
15He jsends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16He gives ksnow like wool;
he scatters lfrost like ashes.
17He hurls down his crystals of mice like crumbs;
who can stand before his ncold?
18He osends out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.
19He declares his word to Jacob,
his pstatutes and rules3 to Israel.
20He qhas not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.4
rPraise the Lord!
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 43:38 • ID: 2391Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.