Psalms 146

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

Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

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

While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

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

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

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

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, 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 that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

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

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

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,

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

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

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

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

Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!