1 PSALM 146 The L an Abundant Helper. Praise the L! (Hallelujah!)Praise the L, O my soul!
2 While I live I will praise the L;I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not trust in princes,In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
4 When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;In that very day his thoughtsandplans perish.
5 How blessedandgraciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel),Whose hope is in the Lhis God,
6 Who made heaven and earth,The sea, and all that is in them,Who keeps truthandis faithful forever,
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,Who gives food to the hungry.The Lsets free the prisoners.
8 The Lopensthe eyes ofthe blind;The Llifts up those who are bowed down;The Lloves theI.e. those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God.righteous [the upright in heart].
9 The Lprotects the strangers;He supports the fatherless and the widow;But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.
10 The Lshall reign forever,Your God, O Zion, to all generations.Praise the L! (Hallelujah!)