Psalm 146

1 Praise the Lord.a

Praise the Lord,x my soul.

2 I will praise the Lord all my life;y

I will sing praisez to my God as long as I live.a

3 Do not put your trust in princes,b

in human beings,c who cannot save.

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

on that very day their plans come to nothing.e

5 Blessed are thosef whose helpg is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord their God.

6 He is the Maker of heavenh and earth,

the sea, and everything in them—

he remains faithfuli forever.

7 He upholdsj the cause of the oppressedk

and gives food to the hungry.l

The Lord sets prisoners free,m

8 the Lord gives sightn to the blind,o

the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,p

the Lord loves the righteous.q

9 The Lord watches over the foreignerr

and sustains the fatherlesss and the widow,t

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10 The Lord reignsu forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.