Psalms 146

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

Praise ye the LORD. Praise 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 live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any 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 trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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 goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts 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.

Happy is he that hath 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.

Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; which keepeth 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.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed; which giveth food to the hungry: the LORD looseth the prisoners;

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

The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth 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].

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he upholdeth the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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, thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.