< Psalms 146 >
1 Praise JAH. Praise YHWH, my soul.
2 While I live, I will praise YHWH. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, each 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 Blessed is the one who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in YHWH 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. YHWH frees the prisoners.
8 YHWH opens the eyes of the blind. YHWH raises up those who are bowed down. YHWH loves the righteous.
9 YHWH preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
10 YHWH will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise JAH.