146:1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

146:2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

146:3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.

146:4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

146:5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

146:6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them--the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

146:7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,

146:8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

146:9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

146:10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.