Psalms 146

1 Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

Praise ye the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

2 I give praise to Yahweh with all my life; I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

I will praise the LORD, as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God, while I have my being.

3 Do not put your trust in princes or in mankind, in whom there is no salvation.

Put not your trust in princes, In the son of man, in whom is no help!

4 When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans end.

His breath goeth forth; he returneth to the dust; In that very day his plans perish.

5 Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh his God.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help; Whose hope is in the LORD, his God;

6 Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; he observes trustworthiness forever.

Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is therein; Who keepeth truth for ever;

7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners;

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD setteth free the prisoners;

8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the 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 protects the foreigners in the land; he lifts up the fatherless and widow, but he opposes the wicked.

The LORD preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and the widow; But the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

10 Yahweh will reign forever, your God, Zion, for all generations. Praise Yahweh.

The LORD shall reign for ever; Thy God, O Zion! to all generations! Praise ye the LORD!