Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

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

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

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

Do not put your trust in princes or in mankind, in whom there is no salvation.

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

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

5 Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, 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 that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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