Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

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

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

2 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, in mortal man, who cannot save.

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

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

7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

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

8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

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

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

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

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