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

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

2 W hile I live I will praise the Lord; 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 put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

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

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

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

5 H appy 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 heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth 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 gives freedom to 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 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 watches over the strangers; He relieves 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 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!