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

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

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

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

3 D o not trust in princes, In mortal 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 departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

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

5 H ow blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, 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 heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;

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

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

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

8 T he Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises up those who 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 protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

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

Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!