Psalms 146

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

Praise all of you the LORD. Praise 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 live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

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

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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

Happy is he that 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;

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keeps truth for ever:

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

Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:

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

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:

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

The LORD perserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

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 Zion, unto all generations. Praise all of you the LORD.