Psalm 146

Praise the LORD

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

I will praise the LORD all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long

as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes,

in mortal men, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return

to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to

nothing.

Blessed is he whose help is the God

of Jacob,

whose hope is in the LORD his God,

the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them-

the LORD, who remains faithful

forever.

He upholds the cause of the

oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets prisoners free,

the LORD gives sight to the blind,

the LORD lifts up those who are bowed

down,

the LORD loves the righteous.

The LORD watches over the alien

and sustains the fatherless and the

widow,

but he frustrates the ways of the

wicked.

The LORD reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all

generations.

Praise the LORD.