Psalms 146

1 Praise ye Yah, Praise, O my soul, Yahweh.

Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.

2 I will praise Yahweh while I live! I will make melody to my God while I continue!

I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.

3 Do not ye trust in nobles, in a son of man who hath no deliverance:

[You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].

4 His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.

And when they die, their corpses [decay and] become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do.

5 How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God: —

But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob [worshiped] are happy. The one whom they confidently expect [to help them] is Yahweh, their God.

6 Who made The heavens and the earth, The sea and all that is therein, Who keepeth faithfulness to times age-abiding:

He is the one who created heaven and the earth and the oceans and all [the creatures] that are in them. He always does what he has promised to do.

7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed, who giveth food to the famishing, Yahweh, who liberateth prisoners;

He decides matters fairly for those who are (treated unfairly/oppressed), and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison.

8 Yahweh, who opened [the eyes of] the blind, Yahweh, who raiseth the prostrate, Yahweh, who loveth the righteous;

Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].

9 Yahweh, who preserveth sojourners, The fatherless and widows, he relieveth, —but, the way of the lawless, he overturneth.

Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, and he helps widows and orphans. But he gets rid of wicked [people].

10 Yahweh, will reign, to times age-abiding, Thy God, O Zion, to generation after generation. Praise ye Yah!

Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!