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 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
10 The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.