Psalms 146
1 Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.
Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.
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 live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3 [You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].
Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.
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.
His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.
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.
Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, 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 truth 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 executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:
8 Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].
the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;
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].
he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove 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 shall reign for ever, [even] your God, O Sion, to all generations.
