1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.*146.1 Praise ye…: Heb. Hallelujah

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: 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.*146.3 help: or, salvation

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 the LORD his God:

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

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!