Psalm 146 Man's Weakness and God's Faithfulness

 Psalm 146

Man's Weakness and God's Faithfulness

1 Praise the Lord. O my soul, praise the Lord.

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

3 Do not trust in princes or in the sons of men, in whom there is no help.

4 Your breath goes out to them, and they return to their earth; in that very day their thoughts perish.

5 Blessed is he 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 prisoners free.

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

9 The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the fatherless and the widow, but he thwarts the way of the wicked.

10 The Lord will reign forever; your God, O Zion, endures from generation to generation. Praise the Lord.