Psalms 146

1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.

Halleluyah ·praise Yah·! Praise Adonai, my soul.

2 While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

While I live, I will praise Adonai. I will sing zahmar ·musical praise· to my God as long as I exist.

3 Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

His spirit departs, and he teshuvah ·completely returns· to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

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

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob [Supplanter] for his help, whose hope is in Adonai, his God:

6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

who executes mishpat ·justice· for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Adonai frees the prisoners.

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

Adonai opens the eyes of the blind. Adonai raises up those who are bowed down. Adonai 'ahav ·affectionately loves· the upright.

9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

Adonai preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

10 Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!

Adonai will reign forever; your God, O Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], to all generations. Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!