Psalm 146

Psalm 146

¹Praise the Lord.^a

Praise the Lord,^x my soul.

²I will praise the Lord all my life;^y

I will sing praise^z to my God as long as I live.^a

³Do not put your trust in princes,^b

in human beings,^c who cannot save.

⁴When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;^d

on that very day their plans come to nothing.^e

⁵Blessed are those^f whose help^g is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord their God.

⁶He is the Maker of heaven^h and earth,

the sea, and everything in them—

he remains faithfulⁱ forever.

⁷He upholds^j the cause of the oppressed^k

and gives food to the hungry.^l

The Lord sets prisoners free,^m

⁸the Lord gives sightⁿ to the blind,^o

the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,^p

the Lord loves the righteous.^q

⁹The Lord watches over the foreigner^r

and sustains the fatherless^s and the widow,^t

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

¹⁰The Lord reigns^u forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.