Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

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

2 As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.

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

3 Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.

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

5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

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

6 Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

7 Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

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

8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

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

9 Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.

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

10 Jehovah will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Hallelujah!

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