Psalms 146

1 My soul, praise the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; which keepeth truth for ever:

7 For the wronged he executes justice; he gives bread to the hungry; the Lord releases the prisoners.

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed; which giveth food to the hungry: the LORD looseth the prisoners;

8 The Lord gives sight to the blind: the Lord raises those who are bowed. The Lord loves the righteous.

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

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

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

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

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