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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

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,

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 J ehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth 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 J ehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!

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