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Psalm 146

1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

1 Hallelujah! O my soul, praise God!

2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

2 All my life long I'll praise God, singing songs to my God as long as I live.

3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

3 Don't put your life in the hands of experts who know nothing of life, of salvation life.

4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

4 Mere humans don't have what it takes; when they die, their projects die with them.

5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

5 Instead, get help from the God of Jacob, put your hope in God and know real blessing!

6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

6 God made sky and soil, sea and all the fish in it. He always does what he says -

7 who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;

7 he defends the wronged, he feeds the hungry. God frees prisoners -

8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.

8 he gives sight to the blind, he lifts up the fallen.

9 The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

9 protects strangers, takes the side of orphans and widows, but makes short work of the wicked.

10 The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!

10 God's in charge - always. Zion's God is God for good! Hallelujah!