1 Halleluja! Loof die HERE, o my siel!
2 Ek wil die HERE prys solank as ek lewe; ek wil psalmsing tot eer van my God solank as ek nog daar is.
3 Vertrou nie op prinse, op die mensekind, by wie geen heil is nie.
4 Sy gees gaan uit, hy keer terug na sy aarde toe; op daardie dag is dit met sy planne gedaan.
5 Welgeluksalig is hy wat die God van Jakob het as sy hulp, wie se hoop is op die HERE sy God,
6 wat hemel en aarde gemaak het, die see en alles wat daarin is; wat trou bly tot in ewigheid;
7 wat aan die verdruktes reg doen, wat aan die hongeriges brood gee. Die HERE maak die gevangenes los.
8 Die HERE open die oë van die blindes; die HERE rig die wat geboë is, op; die HERE het die regverdiges lief.
9 Die HERE behoed die vreemdelinge; Hy rig wees en weduwee weer op; maar die weg van die goddelose maak Hy krom.
10 Die HERE is vir ewig Koning; jou God, o Sion, is van geslag tot geslag! Halleluja!
1 Praise ye Jehovah.
Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise Jehovah:
I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes,
Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
6 Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that in them is;
Who keepeth truth for ever;
7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed;
Who giveth food 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 sojourners;
He upholdeth the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 Jehovah will reign for ever,
Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.
Praise ye Jehovah.