Psalm 146
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul
: while I live I will praise the Lord;
While I have any being
: I will sing praises to my God.
Put not your trust in princes
: nor in the sons of men, who cannot save.
For when their breath goes from them,
they return again to the earth
: and on that day all their thoughts perish.
Blessed is the man whose help is the God of Jacob
: whose hope is in the Lord his God,
The God who made heaven and earth
: the sea, and all that is in them,
Who keeps faith for ever
: who deals justice to those that are oppressed.
The Lord gives food to the hungry
: and sets the captives free.
The Lord gives sight to the blind
: the Lord lifts up those that are bowed down.
The Lord loves the righteous
: the Lord cares for the stranger in the land.
He upholds the widow and the fatherless
: as for the way of the wicked, he turns it upside down.
The Lord shall be king for ever
: your God, O Zion, shall reign through all generations.
Praise the Lord.