Praise to Yahweh for His Help

146 Praise Yah.a

Praise Yahweh, O my soul.

2 I will praise Yahweh while I live;

I will sing praises to my God while I am still alive.

3 Do not place trust in princes,

in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.

4 His breath departs; he returns to his plot;b

on that day his plans perish.

5 Blessed is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is on Yahweh as his God,

6 who made heaven and earth,

the sea and all that is in them,

the one who keeps faithc forever,

7 who executes justice for the oppressed,

who gives food for the hungry.

Yahweh sets prisoners free;

8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;

Yahweh raises up those bowed down;

Yahweh loves the righteous;

9 Yahweh protectsd the strangers.

He helps up the orphan and the widow,

but the way of the wicked he ⌊thwarts⌋.e

10 Yahweh will reign forever,

Your God, O Zion, ⌊throughout all generations⌋.f

Praise Yah.g