Psalms 146

1 Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.

Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, 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 give praise to Yahweh with all my life; I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

Do not put your trust in princes or in mankind, 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.

When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans end.

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

Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh his God.

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

Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; he observes trustworthiness forever.

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:

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners;

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

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous people.

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

Yahweh protects the foreigners in the land; he lifts up the fatherless and widow, but he opposes the wicked.

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

Yahweh will reign forever, your God, Zion, for all generations. Praise Yahweh.