1 P raise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah.

Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.

2 T he name of Jehovah is blessed, From henceforth, and unto the age.

Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

3 F rom the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised the name of Jehovah.

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.

4 H igh above all nations Jehovah, Above the heavens his honour.

Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

5 W ho as Jehovah our God, He is exalting to sit?

Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,

6 H e is humbling to look On the heavens and on the earth.

Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

7 H e is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

8 T o cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.

that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

9 C ausing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!