Psalms 146

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

My soul, praise the Lord.

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

I will praise the Lord, while I live; I will sing to my God, while I am.

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

Put not your trust in princes mortals, in whom is no help.

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

When their breath goes out, they go back to the dust: on that very day their purposes perish.

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

Happy those whose help is the God of Jacob: whose hope is set on the Lord their God,

6 who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:

the Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them. He remains eternally loyal.

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

For the wronged he executes justice; he gives bread to the hungry; the Lord releases 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 gives sight to the blind: the Lord raises those who are bowed. The Lord loves the righteous.

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

The Lord preserves the stranger, upholds the widow and orphan, but the wicked he leads to disaster.

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

The Lord shall reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Hallelujah.