Psalm 146

Common English Bible

    Let my whole being^[a] praise the Lord!
² I will praise the Lord with all my life;
    I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

³ Don’t trust leaders;
    don’t trust any human beings—
    there’s no saving help with them!
⁴ Their breath leaves them,
    then they go back to the ground.
    On that very same day, their plans die too.

⁵ The person whose help is the God of Jacob—
    the person whose hope rests on the Lord their God—
    is truly happy!
⁶ God: the maker of heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
God: who is faithful forever,
⁷     who gives justice to people who are oppressed,
    who gives bread to people who are starving!
The Lord: who frees prisoners.
⁸     The Lord: who makes the blind see.
    The Lord: who straightens up those who are bent low.
    The Lord: who loves the righteous.
⁹     The Lord: who protects immigrants,
        who helps orphans and widows,
        but who makes the way of the wicked twist and turn!

¹⁰ The Lord will rule forever!
    Zion, your God will rule from one generation to the next!

Praise the Lord!