Psalms 146

1 Praise ye Yah, Praise, O my soul, Yahweh.

Praise the Lord! With my whole being I praise the Lord!

2 I will praise Yahweh while I live! I will make melody to my God while I continue!

I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have breath.

3 Do not ye trust in nobles, in a son of man who hath no deliverance:

Don't put your confidence in human leaders—they cannot save you.

4 His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Once they breathe no more, they go back to dust. On that very day everything they planned dies with them.

5 How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God: —

Happy are those who have the God of Jacob to help them—their hope is in the Lord their God—

6 Who made The heavens and the earth, The sea and all that is therein, Who keepeth faithfulness to times age-abiding:

the one who made heaven and earth, and the sea along with everything it contains. He is trustworthy forever.

7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed, who giveth food to the famishing, Yahweh, who liberateth prisoners;

He makes sure the oppressed receive justice. He gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.

8 Yahweh, who opened [the eyes of] the blind, Yahweh, who raiseth the prostrate, Yahweh, who loveth the righteous;

The Lord makes the blind see. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down. The Lord loves those who do what is right.

9 Yahweh, who preserveth sojourners, The fatherless and widows, he relieveth, —but, the way of the lawless, he overturneth.

The Lord takes care of strangers among us. He looks after widows and orphans. But he makes life difficult for the wicked.

10 Yahweh, will reign, to times age-abiding, Thy God, O Zion, to generation after generation. Praise ye Yah!

The Lord will reign forever. Zion, he will be your God for all generations. Praise the Lord!