Psalm 146
1 Praise
the LORD!
Praise the
LORD,
my soul.
2 While
I live, I
will praise the
LORD.
I will sing
praises to my
God as long
as I exist.
3 Don’t put
your trust in
princes,
in a son
of man in whom
there is no help.
4 His
spirit departs,
and he returns
to the earth.
In that very day,
his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is
he who has
the God of
Jacob for his
help,
whose hope is in
the LORD, his
God,
6 who
made heaven and
earth,
the sea, and
all that is
in them;
who keeps truth
forever;
7 who
executes justice
for the oppressed;
who gives food
to the hungry.
The LORD frees
the prisoners.
8 The
LORD opens the eyes
of the blind.
The LORD raises
up those who are
bowed down.
The LORD loves
the righteous.
9 The
LORD preserves the
foreigners.
He upholds the
fatherless and widow,
but he turns the
way of the
wicked upside down.
10 The
LORD will reign
forever;
your God, O
Zion, to all
generations.
Praise the
LORD!