Psalms 146

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

Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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