Psalms 146

1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3 Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

5 Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

6 Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them: who keepeth truth for ever:

the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

7 Who executeth judgment for the oppressed: who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

8 The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

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

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

10 The LORD will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!