Psalms 146

1 Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.

Praise ye the LORD! Praise 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:

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

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

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

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

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

5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, 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 that are in them.

Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is therein; Who keepeth truth 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 executeth judgment for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD setteth free the prisoners;

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

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

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

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: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.

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