Psalms 146

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

Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to 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 have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

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

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

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

Happy is the man 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 things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

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

Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

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 makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

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

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

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

The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord.