Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Praise ye 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 unto 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 goeth forth, he returneth 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 [hath] 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 keepeth truth for ever:

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

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food 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 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 relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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

The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.