Psalm 146

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹ Praise the Lord.^[a]

Praise the Lord, O my soul.
² I will praise the Lord as long as I live.
I will make music to my God as long as I exist.

³ Do not trust in human helpers,^[b]
in a mortal man who cannot save you.
⁴ His spirit departs.
He returns to the ground he came from.
On that day, his plans have perished.

⁵ Blessed is everyone who has the God of Jacob as his help.
His hope is in the Lord his God,
⁶     the Maker of heaven and earth,
    the sea, and everything which is in them.
He is the one who stays faithful forever.
⁷ He obtains justice for the oppressed.
He gives food to the hungry.
The Lord releases prisoners.
⁸ The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.
The Lord loves the righteous.
⁹ The Lord watches over the aliens.
The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but he turns aside the way of the wicked.

¹⁰ The Lord reigns forever.
Your God, O Zion, rules for all generations.
Praise the Lord.