1 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2  As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God while I have my being.

3  Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

5  Blessed is he who hath the * El|strong="H0410"God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God,

6  Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

7  Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

8  Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

9  Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.

10  Jehovah will reign for ever, [even] thy ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Hallelujah!