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.

I will praise the LORD, as long as I live; I will sing praises to 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, In the son of man, in whom 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 the dust; In that very day his plans 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.

Who 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 judgment for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD setteth free 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 relieveth 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 shall reign for ever; Thy God, O Zion! to all generations! Praise ye the LORD!