Chapter 146 Praise ye the Lord

1 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.