Psalms 146

1 Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

2 Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

3 In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

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

Happy is the man who has 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 that are in them.

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

7 Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

8 The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

9 The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

10 The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.