Psalms 146

1 Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.

My soul, praise the Lord.

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, while I live; I will sing to my God, while I am.

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

Put not your trust in princes mortals, 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.

When their breath goes out, they go back to the dust: on that very day their purposes perish.

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

Happy those whose help is the God of Jacob: whose hope is set on the Lord their God,

6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.

the Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them. He remains eternally loyal.

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:

For the wronged he executes justice; he gives bread to the hungry; the Lord releases the prisoners.

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

The Lord gives sight to the blind: the Lord raises those who are bowed. The Lord loves 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 preserves the stranger, upholds the widow and orphan, but the wicked he leads to disaster.

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

The Lord shall reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Hallelujah.