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!