Psalms 146

A Hymn of Trust in the Lord

1 Praise the Lord! My soul, praise the Lord!

2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will make music to my God as long as I am around.

3 Do not trust in princes, In a son of man, in whom there is no rescue.

4 His breath goes out, he goes back to his earth; In that same day his thoughts are gone.

5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

6 Who made the heavens and the earth, The sea and all that is in them, Who keeps truth forever,

7 Who does justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners;

8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord lifts up those who are brought down; The Lord loves the righteous;

9 The Lord keeps the strangers; He holds up the orphan and the widow, But He messes up the way of the wicked.

10 The Lord will be King forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!