^{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} 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 Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

^{2 Ref} While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

^{3 Ref} Don't put your trust in princes, Each a son of man in whom there is no help.

^{4 Ref} His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

^{5 Ref} Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

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

^{7 Ref} Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

^{8 Ref} Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

^{9 Ref} Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

^{10 Ref} Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!