Psalms 146

1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day his plans perish. 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6 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.
The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. 8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. 10 The Lord shall reign forever--
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!