Psalm 146

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ Put not your trust in princes,
    in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
⁴ When his breath departs he returns to his earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.

⁵ Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord his God,
⁶ who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith for ever;
⁷     who executes justice for the oppressed;
    who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;
⁸     the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    the Lord loves the righteous.
⁹ The Lord watches over the sojourners,
    he upholds the widow and the fatherless;
    but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

¹⁰ The Lord will reign for ever,
    thy God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!