146:1 Praise the LORD. [Hebrew: Hallelu Yah also in verse 10] Praise the LORD, O my soul.
146:2 I will praise the LORD all my life I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
146:3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
146:4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground on that very day their plans come to nothing.
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 the LORD, who remains faithful for ever.
146:7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
146:8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
146:9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
146:10 The LORD reigns for ever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.