| 1 הַלְלוּ־יָהּ הַלְלִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה | 1 Al eluia! Praise Yahweh, my soul! |
| 2 אֲהַלְלָה יְהוָה בְּחַיָּי אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹהַי בְּעֹודִי | 2 I wil praise Yahweh al my life, I will make music to my God as long as I live. |
| 3 אַל־תִּבְטְחוּ בִנְדִיבִים בְּבֶן־אָדָם ׀ שֶׁאֵין לֹו תְשׁוּעָה | 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in any child of Adam, who has no power to save. |
| 4 תֵּצֵא רוּחֹו יָשֻׁב לְאַדְמָתֹו בַּיֹּום הַהוּא אָבְדוּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָיו | 4 When his spirit goes forth he returns to the earth, on that very day al his plans come to nothing. |
| 5 אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁאֵל יַעֲקֹב בְּעֶזְרֹו בְרֹו עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו | 5 How blessed is he who has Jacob's God to help him, his hope is in Yahweh his God, |
| 6 עֹשֶׂה ׀ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם הַשֹּׁמֵר אֱמֶת לְעֹולָם | 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea and al that is in them. He keeps faith for ever, |
| 7 עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּט ׀ לָעֲשׁוּקִים נֹתֵן לֶחֶם לָרְעֵבִים יְהוָה מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים | 7 gives justice to the oppressed, gives food to the hungry; Yahweh sets prisoners free. |
| 8 יְהוָה ׀ פֹּקֵחַ עִוְרִים יְהוָה זֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים יְהוָה אֹהֵב צַדִּיקִים | 8 Yahweh gives sight to the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down. |
| 9 יְהוָה ׀ שֹׁמֵר אֶת־גֵּרִים יָתֹום וְאַלְמָנָה יְעֹודֵד וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים יְעַוֵּת | 9 Yahweh protects the stranger, he sustains the orphan and the widow. Yahweh loves the upright,buthe frustrates the wicked. |
| 10 יִמְלֹךְ יְהוָה ׀ לְעֹולָם אֱלֹהַיִךְ צִיֹּון לְדֹר וָדֹר הַלְלוּ־יָהּ | 10 Yahweh reigns for ever, your God, Zion, from age to age. |