Psalms 146

1 Praise JAH. Praise YHWH, my soul.

Halleluyah ·praise Yah·! Praise Adonai, my soul.

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

While I live, I will praise Adonai. I will sing zahmar ·musical praise· to my God as long as I exist.

3 Do not put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a 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 spirit departs, and he teshuvah ·completely returns· to the 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 YHWH his God,

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob [Supplanter] for his help, whose hope is in Adonai, 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 keeps truth forever;

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

who executes mishpat ·justice· for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Adonai frees the prisoners.

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

Adonai opens the eyes of the blind. Adonai raises up those who are bowed down. Adonai 'ahav ·affectionately loves· the upright.

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

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

10 YHWH will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise JAH.

Adonai will reign forever; your God, O Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], to all generations. Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!