1 P raise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

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

In my life I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises unto my God while I live.

3 P ut not your trust in princes, Nor in the 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 salvation.

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

His spirit shall go forth, he shall return to his earth; in that very day all his thoughts shall perish.

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

¶ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God;

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

who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keeps truth for ever:

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

He who does justice unto the oppressed; who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:

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

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those that are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

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

The LORD preserves the strangers; he raises up the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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

The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halelu-JAH.