Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.

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

I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.

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

[You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].

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

And when they die, their corpses [decay and] become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do.

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

But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob [worshiped] are happy. The one whom they confidently expect [to help them] is Yahweh, their God.

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

He is the one who created heaven and the earth and the oceans and all [the creatures] that are in them. He always does what he has promised to do.

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

He decides matters fairly for those who are (treated unfairly/oppressed), and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison.

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

Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].

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

Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, and he helps widows and orphans. But he gets rid of wicked [people].

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

Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!