1 P raise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!

Hallelujah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah, praise the name of Jehovah.

2 B lessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forever

Blessed be the name of Jehovah, from this time forth and for evermore!

3 F rom the rising of the sun to the going down of it and from east to west, the name of the Lord is to be praised!

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised.

4 T he Lord is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens!

Jehovah is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

5 W ho is like the Lord our God, Who has His seat on high,

Who is like unto Jehovah our God, who hath placed his dwelling on high;

6 W ho humbles Himself to regard the heavens and the earth!

Who humbleth himself to look on the heavens and on the earth?

7 r aises the poor out of the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap and the dung hill,

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,

8 T hat He may seat them with princes, even with the princes of His people.

To set among nobles, among the nobles of his people.

9 H e makes the barren woman to be a homemaker and a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah!