Psalms 146

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

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob [Supplanter] for his help, whose hope is in Adonai, his God:

Happy is he who has 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 keeps truth forever;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!