Psalms 146

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

Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

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

I give praise to Yahweh with all my life; 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.

Do not put your trust in princes or in mankind, 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.

When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans end.

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 has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh his God.

6 Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; he observes trustworthiness forever.

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

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners;

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

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous people.

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

Yahweh protects the foreigners in the land; he lifts up the fatherless and widow, but he opposes the wicked.

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

Yahweh will reign forever, your God, Zion, for all generations. Praise Yahweh.