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Psalm 146

1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2 While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;

7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

8 Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10 Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.

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 as long as I exist!

3 Do not trust in princes,
or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground;
on that day their plans die.

5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,

6 the one who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
who remains forever faithful,

7 vindicates the oppressed,
and gives food to the hungry.
The Lord releases the imprisoned.

8 The Lord gives sight to the blind.
The Lord lifts up all who are bent over.
The Lord loves the godly.

9 The Lord protects those residing outside their native land;
he lifts up the fatherless and the widow,
but he opposes the wicked.

10 The Lord rules forever,
your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come!
Praise the Lord!