^{1 Ref} Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

^{2 Ref} While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

^{3 Ref} Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

^{4 Ref} Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

^{5 Ref} Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

^{6 Ref} Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

^{7 Ref} Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

^{8 Ref} The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

^{9 Ref} The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

^{10 Ref} The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.

^{1 Ref} Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

^{2 Ref} I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

^{3 Ref} Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

^{4 Ref} His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

^{5 Ref} O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope `is' on Jehovah his God,

^{6 Ref} Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that `is' in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

^{7 Ref} Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

^{8 Ref} 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 Ref} Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

^{10 Ref} Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!

^{1 Ref} Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

^{2 Ref} While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

^{3 Ref} Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

^{4 Ref} His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

^{5 Ref} Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

^{6 Ref} Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;

^{7 Ref} Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

^{8 Ref} Jehovah openeth `the eyes of' the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

^{9 Ref} Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

^{10 Ref} Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.