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

Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

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

I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

3 P ut not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

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

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

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

O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope on Jehovah his God,

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

Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

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

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

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

Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving 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 is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And 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 doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!