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.

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

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

Do not put your trust in princes, in a son of a man, who cannot save us.

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

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

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

Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, and 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,

The Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He is faithful forever.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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