Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

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

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

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

His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

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

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, 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 truth for ever:

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

who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

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

the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

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

he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

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

The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Sion, to all generations.