1 P raise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2 W hile I live will I praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3 P ut not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 W hen his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts, plans, and purposes perish.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 H appy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

6 W ho made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, Who keeps truth and is faithful forever,

Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;

7 W ho executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets free the prisoners,

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

8 T he Lord opens the eyes of the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous (those upright in heart and in right standing with Him).

Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

9 T he Lord protects and preserves the strangers and temporary residents, He upholds the fatherless and the widow and sets them upright, but the way of the wicked He makes crooked (turns upside down and brings to ruin).

Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10 T he Lord shall reign forever, even Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.