Psalm 146

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Psalm 146

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]

Praise the Lord,^(A) my soul.

²I will praise the Lord all my life;^(B)
    I will sing praise^(C) to my God as long as I live.^(D)
³Do not put your trust in princes,^(E)
    in human beings,^(F) who cannot save.
⁴When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;^(G)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.^(H)
⁵Blessed are those^(I) whose help^(J) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

⁶He is the Maker of heaven^(K) and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful^(L) forever.
⁷He upholds^(M) the cause of the oppressed^(N)
    and gives food to the hungry.^(O)
The Lord sets prisoners free,^(P)
⁸    the Lord gives sight^(Q) to the blind,^(R)
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,^(S)
    the Lord loves the righteous.^(T)
⁹The Lord watches over the foreigner^(U)
    and sustains the fatherless^(V) and the widow,^(W)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

¹⁰The Lord reigns^(X) forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 146:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 10

Isaiah 42:14-21

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¹⁴“For a long time I have kept silent,^(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.^(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.^(C)
¹⁵I will lay waste^(D) the mountains^(E) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up^(F) the pools.
¹⁶I will lead^(G) the blind^(H) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light^(I) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.^(J)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake^(K) them.
¹⁷But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’^(L)
    will be turned back in utter shame.^(M)

Israel Blind and Deaf

¹⁸“Hear, you deaf;^(N)
    look, you blind, and see!
¹⁹Who is blind^(O) but my servant,^(P)
    and deaf like the messenger^(Q) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant^(R) with me,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?
²⁰You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
    your ears are open, but you do not listen.”^(S)
²¹It pleased the Lord
    for the sake^(T) of his righteousness
    to make his law^(U) great and glorious.

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Colossians 1:9-14

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⁹For this reason, since the day we heard about you,^(A) we have not stopped praying for you.^(B) We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will^(C) through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,^[a]^(D) ¹⁰so that you may live a life worthy^(E) of the Lord and please him^(F) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,^(G) ¹¹being strengthened with all power^(H) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,^(I) ¹²and giving joyful thanks to the Father,^(J) who has qualified you^[b] to share in the inheritance^(K) of his holy people in the kingdom of light.^(L) ¹³For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(M) and brought us into the kingdom^(N) of the Son he loves,^(O) ¹⁴in whom we have redemption,^(P) the forgiveness of sins.^(Q)