Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord.

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

I will praise the Lord throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

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

Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

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

[But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;

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

Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

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

Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;

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 causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous:

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

The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

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

The Lord will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.