Psalms 146

1 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

Alleluia. Of Haggai and Zachariah.

2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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 Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.

4 His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

His spirit will depart, and he will return to his earth. In that day, all their thoughts will perish.

5 Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, 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 who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

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

7 who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

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 gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

The Lord enlightens the blind. The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. The Lord loves the just.

9 he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

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 Sion, to all generations.

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