Psalms 146

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

Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.

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

[You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].

4 His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

And when they die, their corpses [decay and] become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do.

5 Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob [worshiped] are happy. The one whom they confidently expect [to help them] is Yahweh, their God.

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keeps truth for ever:

He is the one who created heaven and the earth and the oceans and all [the creatures] that are in them. He always does what he has promised to do.

7 Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:

He decides matters fairly for those who are (treated unfairly/oppressed), and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison.

8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:

Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].

9 The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, and he helps widows and orphans. But he gets rid of wicked [people].

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

Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!