Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

4 When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

9 The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.