1 P raise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

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

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

3 T rust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

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

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

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

5 O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope on Jehovah his God,

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

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

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

7 D oing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

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

8 J ehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,

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

9 J ehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

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

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

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