Psalms 146

1 Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

Praise the Lord! With my whole being I praise the Lord!

2 I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have breath.

3 Trust not in princes — in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

Don't put your confidence in human leaders—they cannot save you.

4 His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

Once they breathe no more, they go back to dust. On that very day everything they planned dies with them.

5 O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on Jehovah his God,

Happy are those who have the God of Jacob to help them—their hope is in the Lord their God—

6 Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

the one who made heaven and earth, and the sea along with everything it contains. He is trustworthy forever.

7 Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

He makes sure the oppressed receive justice. He gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.

8 Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,

The Lord makes the blind see. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down. The Lord loves those who do what is right.

9 Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

The Lord takes care of strangers among us. He looks after widows and orphans. But he makes life difficult for the wicked.

10 Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!

The Lord will reign forever. Zion, he will be your God for all generations. Praise the Lord!