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

Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

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

While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 D o not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

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

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

5 H appy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

6 W ho made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

7 W ho executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

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

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

9 T he Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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

Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!