☰ PSALMS 146
146
The Lord an Abundant Helper.
1  1Praise 2the Lord!
APraise the Lord, O my soul!
2 I will praise the Lord Awhile I live;
I will Bsing praises to my God while I have my being.
3  ADo not trust in princes,
In 1mortal Bman, in whom there is Cno salvation.
4 His Aspirit departs, he Breturns to 1the earth;
In that very day his Cthoughts perish.
5 How Ablessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose Bhope is in the Lord his God,
6 Who Amade heaven and earth,
The Bsea and all that is in them;
Who Ckeeps 1faith forever;
7 Who Aexecutes justice for the oppressed;
Who Bgives food to the hungry.
The Lord Csets the prisoners free.
 
8 The Lord Aopens the eyes of the blind;
The Lord Braises up those who are bowed down;
The Lord Cloves the righteous;
9 The Lord 1Aprotects the 2strangers;
He 3Bsupports the fatherless and the widow,
But He 4thwarts Cthe way of the wicked.
10 The Lord will Areign forever,
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
1Praise 2the Lord!
1 146:1 Or Hallelujah! 2 146:1 Heb Yah A 146:1 Ps 103:1 A 146:2 Ps 63:4 B 146:2 Ps 104:33 A 146:3 Ps 118:9 1 146:3 Lit a son of a man B 146:3 Ps 118:8; Is 2:22 C 146:3 Ps 60:11; 108:12 A 146:4 Ps 104:29 B 146:4 Eccl 12:7 1 146:4 Lit his earth C 146:4 Ps 33:10; 1 Cor 2:6 A 146:5 Ps 144:15; Jer 17:7 B 146:5 Ps 71:5 A 146:6 Ps 115:15; Rev 14:7 B 146:6 Acts 14:15 C 146:6 Ps 117:2 1 146:6 Or truth A 146:7 Ps 103:6 B 146:7 Ps 107:9; 145:15 C 146:7 Ps 68:6; Is 61:1 A 146:8 Matt 9:30; John 9:7 B 146:8 Ps 145:14 C 146:8 Ps 11:7 1 146:9 Or keeps A 146:9 Ex 22:21; Lev 19:34 2 146:9 Or sojourners 3 146:9 Or relieves B 146:9 Deut 10:18; Ps 68:5 4 146:9 Lit makes crooked C 146:9 Ps 147:6 A 146:10 Ex 15:18; Ps 10:16 1 146:10 Or Hallelujah! 2 146:10 Heb Yah
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