Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

I give praise to Yahweh with all my life; I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

Do not put your trust in princes or in mankind, in whom there is no salvation.

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

When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans end.

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

Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh his God.

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

Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; he observes trustworthiness forever.

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

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners;

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

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous people.

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

Yahweh protects the foreigners in the land; he lifts up the fatherless and widow, but he opposes the wicked.

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

Yahweh will reign forever, your God, Zion, for all generations. Praise Yahweh.