Psalms 146

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

Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias.

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

Praise the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. Put not your trust in princes:

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

In the children of men, 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.

His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their 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 who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, 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 that are in them.

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

Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:

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

The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.

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

The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.

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

The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation.