Psalm 146

Praise God Who Helps the Weak

146Praise the Lord!

My whole being, praise the Lord.

²I will praise the Lord all my life;

I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

³Do not put your trust in princes

or other people, who cannot save you.

⁴When people die, they are buried.

Then all of their plans come to an end.

⁵Happy are those who are helped by the God of Jacob.

Their hope is in the Lord their God.

⁶He made heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in it.

He remains loyal forever.

⁷He does what is fair for those who have been wronged.

He gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free.

⁸The Lord gives sight to the blind.

The Lord lifts up people who are in trouble.

The Lord loves those who do right.

⁹The Lord protects the foreigners.

He defends the orphans and widows,

but he blocks the way of the wicked.

¹⁰The Lord will be King forever.

Jerusalem, your God is everlasting.

Praise the Lord!