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

Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

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, in a son of a man, who cannot save us.

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

4 W hen his spirit leaves, he returns to the earth. His thoughts end on that day.

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

5 H appy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, and 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 T he Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He is faithful forever.

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

7 H e helps those who have a bad power over them. He gives food to the hungry. And He sets those in prison free.

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 up those who are brought down. The Lord loves those who are right and good.

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

9 T he Lord keeps the strangers safe. He takes care of the children who have no father and the woman whose husband has died. But He destroys the way of the sinful.

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

10 T he Lord will rule forever. Your God, O Zion, will rule over all people for all time. Praise the Lord!

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