Psalms 146

1 Praise you the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Alleluia. Of Haggai and Zachariah.

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any 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 goes forth, he returns to his earth; 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 that has the God of Jacob for his help, 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 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keeps truth for ever:

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

7 Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses 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 opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves 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 preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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 shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise you the LORD.

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