Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord.

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 throughout my life: 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, 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.

When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

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

[But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;

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

Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; 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 looseneth 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 causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who 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 guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; 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, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.