New Living Translation

Psalms • Chapter 146

1 Praise the LORD!<br> Let all that I am praise the LORD.<br> 2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live.<br>I will sing praises to my God (Elohim) with my dying breath.<br> 3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;<br>there is no help for you there.<br> 4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,<br>and all their plans die with them.<br> 5 But joyful are those who have the God (Elohim) of Israel as their helper,<br>whose hope is in the LORD their God (Elohim).<br> 6 He made heaven and earth,<br>the sea, and everything in them.<br>He keeps every promise forever.<br> 7 He gives justice to the oppressed<br>and food to the hungry.<br>The LORD frees the prisoners.<br> 8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind.<br>The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down.<br>The LORD loves the godly.<br> 9 The LORD protects the foreigners among us.<br>He cares for the orphans and widows,<br>but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.<br> 10 The LORD will reign forever.<br>He will be your God (Elohim), O Jerusalem, throughout the generations.<br> Praise the LORD!<br>