Psalms 146
1 Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord.
Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
2 I will praise the Lord throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.
Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
5 [But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;
Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
8 The Lord causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous:
The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
9 The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
10 The Lord will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.
The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.
