Psalms 146
1 Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.
Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.
While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
3 [You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].
Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 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.
Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
5 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.
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 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.
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
7 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.
Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
8 Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].
The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
9 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].
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
10 Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!
The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.
