Psalms 146
1 Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.
Praise YAH! Praise, O my soul, YHWH.
2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.
I praise YHWH during my life, I sing praise to my God while 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].
Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, For he has no deliverance.
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 spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, In that day his thoughts have perished.
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.
O the blessedness of him Who has the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on his God YHWH,
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.
Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth for all time,
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.
Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
8 Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].
YHWH is loosing the prisoners, YHWH is opening (the eyes of) the blind, YHWH is raising the bowed down, YHWH is loving the righteous,
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].
YHWH is preserving the strangers, He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, And He turns the way of the wicked upside down.
10 Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!
YHWH reigns for all time, Your God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise YAH!
