Psalms 146

1 Praise YAH! Praise, O my soul, YHWH.

Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, my soul.

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

While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, For he has no deliverance.

Do not put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

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

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

5 O the blessedness of him Who has the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on his God YHWH,

Blessed is the one who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

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

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

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

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

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

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

9 YHWH is preserving the strangers, He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, And He turns the way of the wicked upside down.

The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

10 YHWH reigns for all time, Your God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise YAH!

The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD.