Psalms 146

1 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

Praise ye the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

I will praise the LORD, as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God, while I have my being.

3 Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

Put not your trust in princes, In the son of man, in whom is no help!

4 His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

His breath goeth forth; he returneth to the dust; In that very day his plans perish.

5 Blessed is he whose helper 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 who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is therein; Who keepeth truth for ever;

7 who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD setteth free the prisoners;

8 the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; The LORD loveth the righteous.

9 he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

The LORD preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and the widow; But the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

10 The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Sion, to all generations.

The LORD shall reign for ever; Thy God, O Zion! to all generations! Praise ye the LORD!