Psalms 146

1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, my soul.

2 While I live I will praise Jehovah. I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Do not put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

Blessed is the one 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 that is in them, who keeps truth forever,

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

7 who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah releases the prisoners.

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

8 Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous.

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

9 Jehovah preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

10 Jehovah will reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.

The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD.