Psalms 146

1 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.

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

2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

3 Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

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

4 His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.

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

5 Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Happy [is he] that [hath] 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 things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is: ] which keepeth truth for ever:

7 who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

8 the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;

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

9 he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

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

10 The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] your God, O Sion, to all generations.

The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.