Psalms 146
1 Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.
Lobet Jah! / Lobe Jahwe, o meine Seele!
2 I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.
Loben will ich Jahwe, solang ich lebe, / Meinem Gott will ich spielen, solange ich bin.
3 [You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].
Vertraut nicht auf Fürsten, / Nicht auf Menschen, da sie nicht helfen können!
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.
Fährt ihr Odem aus, so kehren sie wieder zum Staube zurück. / Dann hat es ein Ende mit ihren Plänen.
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.
Heil dem, der Jakobs Gott zum Helfer hat, / Der auf Jahwe hofft als seinen Gott!
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.
Er hat ja Himmel und Erde geschaffen, / Das Meer und alles, was weit und breit, / Er hält Treue in Ewigkeit.
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.
Er schafft den Bedrückten Recht; / Er, Jahwe, gibt den Hungernden Brot, / Befreit die Gefangnen aus ihrer Not.
8 Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].
Jahwe öffnet die Augen der Blinden, / Gebeugte läßt Jahwe Erquickung finden, / Jahwe hat die Gerechten lieb.
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].
Jahwe gibt den Fremdlingen Schutz, / Witwen und Waisen hilft er auf, / Aber er hemmt der Frevler Lauf.
10 Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!
Herrschen wird Jahwe in Ewigkeit, / Dein Gott, o Zion, in allen Geschlechtern. / Lobet Jah!
