Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord.

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

2 I will praise the Lord throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

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

3 Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

4 When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

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

5 [But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, 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 truth for ever:

7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;

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

8 The Lord causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous:

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

9 The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

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

10 The Lord will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.

The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] your God, O Sion, to all generations.