If you're control is that simple, you can write similar statements in pure SQL:
RDM=# for i in 1 .. 10 loop
RDM-# select "test"
RDM-# end loop;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "for" at character 1
LINE 1: for i in 1 .. 10 loop
SELECT 'test' FROM
RDM=# if exits ( select * from testtable)
RDM-# then
RDM-# select "TEST"
RDM-# ;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "if" at character 1
LINE 1: if exits ( select * from testtable)
^
SELECT 'test' FROM testtable LIMIT 1;
Without knowing about what you want to do, I can't guarantee that that will suffice and/or be efficient. If it gets much more complicated, you might have to go to some procedural language (PL/PGSQL, PL/Perl, etc). Just remember that SQL is set-based, not procedural.
-Mike