Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Alleluia. Of Haggai and Zachariah.

2 I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.

Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God as long as I shall be. Do not trust in the leaders,

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.

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

His spirit will depart, and he will return to his earth. In that day, all their thoughts will perish.

5 Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob: his hope is in the Lord God himself,

6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever;

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

7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

He preserves the truth forever. He executes judgment for those who suffer injury. He provides food for the hungry. The Lord releases those who are bound.

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

The Lord enlightens the blind. The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. The Lord loves the just.

9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked He maketh crooked.

The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.

10 The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.

The Lord shall reign forever: your God, O Zion, from generation to generation.