< Psalms 146 >

1 PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.
Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.
2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:
8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.
9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.

< Psalms 146 >