1 Praise Yahweh.

Praise Yahweh, my soul.

2 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life;

I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 Do not put your trust in princes

or in mankind, in whom there is no salvation.

4 When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground;

on that day his plans end.

5 Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,

whose hope is in Yahweh his God.

6 Yahweh made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them;

he observes trustworthiness forever.

7 He executes justice for the oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

Yahweh frees the prisoners;

8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;

Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down;

Yahweh loves the righteous people.

9 Yahweh protects the foreigners in the land;

he lifts up the fatherless and widow,

but he opposes the wicked.

10 Yahweh will reign forever,

your God, Zion, for all generations.

Praise Yahweh.