146 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord !
I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord !’
2 I will praise the Lord through all my life.
While I am alive, I will always sing to praise my God.
3 Do not trust in human leaders.
No human can save you.
4 When they die, they return to the ground.
On that day, their plans come to an end.
5 The person who knows that the God of Jacob will help him is a happy person! [ b ]
If he trusts in the Lord as his God, he is happy.
6 The Lord made the skies, the earth and the sea.
He also made everything that is in them.
He always does what he has promised to do.
7 He helps poor people to receive justice.
He gives food to the hungry.
He makes people that are in a prison go free.
8 The Lord makes blind people see again.
The Lord lifts up people who have fallen down.
The Lord loves people who are righteous.
9 The Lord takes care of strangers who live among us.
He helps widows and children who have no family.
But he stops wicked people doing what they want.
10 The Lord will rule as king for ever!
Zion's people, he will always be your God
and your descendants' God.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord !
146 Praise the Lord !
My soul, praise the Lord !
2 I will praise the Lord all my life.
I will sing praises to him as long as I live.
3 Don’t depend on your leaders for help.
Don’t depend on people, because they cannot save you.
4 People die and are buried.
Then all their plans to help are gone.
5 It is a great blessing for people to have the God of Jacob to help them.
They depend on the Lord their God.
6 He made heaven and earth.
He made the sea and everything in it.
He can be trusted to do what he says.
7 He does what is right for those who have been hurt.
He gives food to the hungry.
The Lord frees people locked up in prison.
8 The Lord makes the blind see again.
The Lord helps those who are in trouble.
The Lord loves those who do right.
9 The Lord protects strangers in our country.
He cares for widows and orphans,
but he destroys the wicked.
10 The Lord will rule forever!
Zion, your God will rule forever and ever!
Praise the Lord !
146 Praise ye the Lord . Praise the Lord , O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord .
146 [ a ] Praise [ b ] the Lord !
( A ) Praise the Lord , my soul!
2 I will praise the Lord ( B ) while I live;
I will ( C ) sing praises to my God while I [ c ] have my being.
3 ( D ) Do not trust in noblemen,
In [ d ] mortal ( E ) man, in whom there is ( F ) no salvation.
4 His ( G ) spirit departs, he ( H ) returns to [ e ] the earth;
On that very day his ( I ) plans perish.
5 ( J ) Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose ( K ) hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Who ( L ) made heaven and earth,
The ( M ) sea and everything that is in them;
Who ( N ) keeps [ f ] faith forever;
7 Who ( O ) executes justice for the oppressed;
Who ( P ) gives food to the hungry.
The Lord ( Q ) frees the prisoners.
8 The Lord ( R ) opens the eyes of those who are blind;
The Lord ( S ) raises up those who are bowed down;
The Lord ( T ) loves the righteous.
9 The Lord ( U ) watches over strangers;
He [ g ] ( V ) supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He [ h ] thwarts ( W ) the way of the wicked.
10 The Lord will ( X ) reign forever,
Your God, Zion, to all generations.
[ i ] Praise [ j ] the Lord !
1 Praise the Lord . [ a ]
Praise the Lord , ( A ) my soul.
2 I will praise the Lord all my life; ( B )
I will sing praise ( C ) to my God as long as I live. ( D )
3 Do not put your trust in princes, ( E )
in human beings, ( F ) who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; ( G )
on that very day their plans come to nothing. ( H )
5 Blessed are those ( I ) whose help ( J ) is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He is the Maker of heaven ( K ) and earth,
the sea, and everything in them—
he remains faithful ( L ) forever.
7 He upholds ( M ) the cause of the oppressed ( N )
and gives food to the hungry. ( O )
The Lord sets prisoners free, ( P )
8 the Lord gives sight ( Q ) to the blind, ( R )
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, ( S )
the Lord loves the righteous. ( T )
9 The Lord watches over the foreigner ( U )
and sustains the fatherless ( V ) and the widow, ( W )
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The Lord reigns ( X ) forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord .
