Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Hallelujah. Praise 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.

I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.

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

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

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

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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

Happy is he whose help 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 that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever;

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

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

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

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous;

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

The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked He maketh crooked.

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

The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.