Psalms 146

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

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.

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

While I live, I will praise the LORD. 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.

Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

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

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

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

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, 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 that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

8 The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

10 The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!