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

Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.

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

Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

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 to the going down of the same, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.

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

Yahweh 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 Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,

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

Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

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

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

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

that he may set him with princes, even with the princes 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 settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!