1 Alleluia, of Aggæus and Zacharie.
1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes: The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
2 My soul praise thou our Lord, I will praise our Lord in my life: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not confidence in Princes:
2 Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:
3 in the sons of men: in whom there is no salvation.
3 in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their cogitations shall perish.
4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.
5 Blessed is he, whose helper is the God of Jacob, his hope in our Lord his God:
5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
7 Which keepeth truth for ever, doth judgment for them that suffer wrong: giveth food to the hungry. Our Lord looseth the fettered:
7 Who keepeth truth forever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered: 8 the Lord enlighteneth the blind.
8 our Lord illuminateth the blind. Our Lord lifteth up the bruised, our Lord loveth the just.
8 the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
9 Our Lord keepeth strangers, the pupil and widow he will receive: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
9 The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
10 Our Lord will reign for ever thy God, o Sion in generation & generation.
10 The Lord shall reign forever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.