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

146:2  I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

146:3  Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

146:4  His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

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

146:6  Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;

146:7  Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free.

146:8  The LORD opens {the eyes of} the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous;

146:9  The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

146:10  The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!