^1. Psalm 146

^1. Praise the LORD. [1] Praise the LORD, O my soul.

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

^3. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.

^4. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

^5. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

^6. the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

^7. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,

^8. the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

^9. The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

^10. The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.