Psalm 146

146:1

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

146:2

I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

146:3

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

146:4

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

146:5

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

146:6

the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

146:7

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

146:8

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

146:9

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

146:10

The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!