Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!