Psalm 146:5–147:1

⁵Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord his God,

⁶who made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them;

who keeps faith for ever;

⁷who executes justice for the oppressed;

who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;

⁸the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

the Lord loves the righteous.

⁹The Lord watches over the sojourners,

he upholds the widow and the fatherless;

but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

¹⁰The Lord will reign for ever,

thy God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

PSALM 147

¹Praise the Lord!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.