Psalm 146

[1]   Praise the LORD!  

     Praise the LORD, O my soul!  

[2]   I will praise the LORD as long as I live;  

          I will sing praises to my God all my life long.

[3]   Do not put your trust in princes,  

          in mortals, in whom there is no help.  

[4]   When their breath departs, they return to the earth;  

          on that very day their plans perish.

[5]   Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,  

          whose hope is in the LORD their God,  

[6]   who made heaven and earth,  

          the sea, and all that is in them;  

     who keeps faith forever;  

[7]        who executes justice for the oppressed;  

          who gives food to the hungry.

     The LORD sets the prisoners free;  

[8]        the LORD opens the eyes of the blind.  

     The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;  

          the LORD loves the righteous.  

[9]   The LORD watches over the strangers;  

          he upholds the orphan and the widow,  

          but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

[10]  The LORD will reign forever,  

          your God, O Zion, for all generations.  

     Praise the LORD!