< Psalms 146 >
1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, my soul.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.
4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Blessed is the one who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in 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 made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them: who keepeth truth for ever:
7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
Who executeth judgment for the oppressed: who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves 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 preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
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 forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD.
The LORD will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye the LORD.