Psalms

146 Praise Jehovah!

Praise Jehovah, my soul;

2 I will praise Jehovah while I live,

make music for my God while I exist.

3 Do not trust confidently in noblemen,

in a human being to whom salvation does not belong:

4 The breath in him will go out,

he will go back to the soil he came from,

that day his goodwill is a total loss.

5 Happy he who has Jacob’s God for his help,

whose reliance is on his God Jehovah,

6 Maker of heavens and earth,

of the sea and everything in it;

Him who keeps to loyalty forever,

7 doer of justice for those to whom it is denied,

Giver of bread to hungry men;

Jehovah undoes prisoners’ fetters,

8 Jehovah opens blind men’s eyes,

Jehovah raises men who are bent down,

Jehovah loves honest men,

9 Jehovah safeguards immigrants,

Keeps orphan and widow on their feet

and circumvents wrong-doers’ courses.

10 Jehovah shall reign forever,

your God, Sion, to generation after generation.

Praise Jehovah!