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.