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Psalm 146

1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.
2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
2While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
3Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,
6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
6who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
7who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.
9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
9The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
10The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!