Psa 146 | LEB | STEP | Praise Yah. Praise Yahweh, O my soul.

Psalms 146

Praise to Yahweh for His Help

1 Praise Yah. ^{▼▼Hebrew hallelujah}
Praise Yahweh, O my soul.
2 I will praise Yahweh while I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I am still alive.
3 Do not place trust in princes,
in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.
4 His breath departs; he returns to his plot; ^{▼▼A Hebrew wordplay: “humankind,” adam (v. 3), returns to his ground/plot, adamah}
on that day his plans perish.
5 Blessed is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is on Yahweh as his God,
6 who made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that is in them,
the one who keeps faith ^{▼▼Or “remains faithful”} forever,
7 who executes justice for the oppressed,
who gives food for the hungry.
Yahweh sets prisoners free;
8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;
Yahweh raises up those bowed down;
Yahweh loves the righteous;
9 Yahweh protects ^{▼▼Or “watches over”} the strangers.
He helps up the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he ⌞thwarts⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “makes crooked”}
10 Yahweh will reign forever,
Your God, O Zion, ⌞throughout all generations⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “for a generation and a generation”}
Praise Yah. ^{▼▼Hebrew hallelujah}