1Hallelujah!a
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
1Hallelu YAH! Praise, O my soul, YHWH!
2I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
2I will praise YHWH during my life; I will sing praises to my God while I exist.
3Put not your trust in princes,
in mortal man, who cannot save.
3Do not put your trust in princes—in a son of man, for in him is no deliverance.
4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground;
on that very day his plans perish.
4His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth; on that day his plans perish.
5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God,
5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob; his hope is upon YHWH his God,
6the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them.
He remains faithful forever.
6maker of the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, the One guarding truth forever,
7He executes justice for the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free,
7doing justice for the oppressed, giving bread to the hungry. YHWH is the One freeing those who are bound;
8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind,
the LORD lifts those who are weighed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.
8YHWH opens the eyes of the blind; YHWH raises up those bent down; YHWH loves the righteous ones;
9The LORD protects foreigners;
He sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
9YHWH guards the sojourners; the fatherless and widow He sustains, and the way of the wicked He overturns.
10The LORD reigns forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Hallelujah!
10YHWH reigns forever—Your God, O Zion, from generation and generation! Praise YAH!