Ψαλμοί 146

1 αλληλουια Αγγαιου καὶ Ζαχαριου αἴνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν κύριον

Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

2 αἰνέσω κύριον ἐν ζωῇ μου ψαλῶ τῷ θεῷ μου ἕως ὑπάρχω

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

3 μὴ πεποίθατε ἐπ’ ἄρχοντας καὶ ἐφ’ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν σωτηρία

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

4 ἐξελεύσεται τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀπολοῦνται πάντες οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτῶν

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

5 μακάριος οὗ ὁ θεὸς Ιακωβ βοηθός ἡ ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ κύριον τὸν θεὸν αὐτοῦ

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

6 τὸν ποιήσαντα τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν φυλάσσοντα ἀλήθειαν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

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

7 ποιοῦντα κρίμα τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις διδόντα τροφὴν τοῖς πεινῶσιν κύριος λύει πεπεδημένους

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

8 κύριος ἀνορθοῖ κατερραγμένους κύριος σοφοῖ τυφλούς κύριος ἀγαπᾷ δικαίους

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous people.

9 κύριος φυλάσσει τοὺς προσηλύτους ὀρφανὸν καὶ χήραν ἀναλήμψεται καὶ ὁδὸν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀφανιεῖ

Yahweh protects the foreigners in the land; he lifts up the fatherless and widow, but he opposes the wicked.

10 βασιλεύσει κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ὁ θεός σου Σιων εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν

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