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

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

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

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, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

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

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

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

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

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

7 H e who does justice unto the oppressed; who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD looses 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 raises those that are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

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

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

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 for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halelu-JAH.

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