1 P raise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul!

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

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

3 D o not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

4 H is spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

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

5 H ow blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) 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 is in them; Who keeps faith forever;

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

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

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

8 T he Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous;

The 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).

9 T he Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

The 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).

10 T he Lord will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!

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