Psalms 146

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, 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, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

3 Don’t put your trust in princes, in a 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 spirit departs, and he returns to the 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 who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God,

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

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

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

7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees 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 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.

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

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

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

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