Psalms 146

1 Praise YAH! Praise, O my soul, YHWH.

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

2 I praise YHWH during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

3 Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, For he has no deliverance.

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

4 His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, In that day his thoughts have perished.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

5 O the blessedness of him Who has the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on his God YHWH,

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

6 Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth for all time,

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

7 Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

8 YHWH is loosing the prisoners, YHWH is opening (the eyes of) the blind, YHWH is raising the bowed down, YHWH is loving the righteous,

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

9 YHWH is preserving the strangers, He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, And He turns the way of the wicked upside down.

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

10 YHWH reigns for all time, Your God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise YAH!

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.