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

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

146:3  Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

146:4  His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

146:5  Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

146:6  Who made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;

146:7  Who carries out justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD lets the prisoners loose;

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 preserves the strangers; He sustains the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

146:10  The LORD shall reign forever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. O praise the LORD!