Chapter 146
1 Praise the LORD ! Praise the LORD , my soul .
2 While I live , I will praise the LORD . I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3 Don’t put your trust in princes , in a son of man in whom there is no help .
4 His spirit departs , and he returns to the earth. In that very day , his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help , whose hope is in the LORD , his God ,
6 who made heaven and earth , the sea , and all that is in them ; who keeps truth forever ;
7 who executes justice for the oppressed ; who gives food to the hungry . The LORD frees the prisoners.
8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind . The LORD raises up those who are bowed down . The LORD loves the righteous .
9 The LORD preserves the foreigners . He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down .
10 The LORD will reign forever ; your God , O Zion , to all generations . Praise the LORD !