Psalms 146

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

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.

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

While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

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

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

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

5 Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, 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 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 that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

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

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

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

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

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] your God, O Sion, to all generations.

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