Psalms 146

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

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

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

While I live I will praise Jehovah. I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

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

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there 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 goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah 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 in them, who keeps truth forever,

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

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah releases 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;

Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous.

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

Jehovah preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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

Jehovah will reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.