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Psalm 146

New Revised Standard NRS

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

2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.

3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.

4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God,

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

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

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

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

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

The Message Bible MSG

1 Hallelujah! O my soul, praise God!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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