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146 Praise Yah!
    Praise Yahweh, my soul.
While I live, I will praise Yahweh.
    I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
Don’t put your trust in princes,
    in a son of man in whom there is no help.
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
    In that very day, his thoughts perish.
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
    whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them;
    who keeps truth forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed;
    who gives food to the hungry.
Yahweh frees the prisoners.
    Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.
    Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down.
    Yahweh loves the righteous.
Yahweh preserves the foreigners.
    He upholds the fatherless and widow,
    but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
10 Yahweh will reign forever;
    your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise Yah!

Praise to God the Help of Israel

146 Hallelujah!
    Praise the Lord, my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live,
    singing praises to my God while I exist.

Do not look to nobles,
    nor to mere human beings who cannot save.
When they stop breathing,
    they return to the ground;
        on that very day their plans evaporate!

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord his God,
maker of heaven and earth,
    the seas and everything in them,
        forever the guardian of truth,
who brings justice for the oppressed,
    and who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord frees the prisoners;
the Lord gives sight to the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down.
    The Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord stands guard over the stranger;
    he supports both widows and orphans,
        but makes the path of the wicked slippery.[a]

10 The Lord will reign forever,
    your God, Zion, for all generations!

Hallelujah!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 146:9 Or treacherous