Psalms 146

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

Praise ye 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 goeth forth, he returneth 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 [hath] 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 keepeth truth for ever:

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

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth 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 openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth 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 preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth 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] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.