Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Praise you the LORD. 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.

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any 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 goes forth, he returns to his earth; 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 that 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.

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keeps truth for ever:

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

Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses 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 opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:

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

The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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

The LORD shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise you the LORD.