Psalms

The fifth book of Psalms, song 146, New English Translation and King James Version

Psalm 146

New English Translation

   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 as long as I exist!
   3 Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
   4 Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.
   5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
   6 the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,
   7 vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned.
   8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.
   9 The LORD protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.
   10 The LORD rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the LORD!

King James Version

   1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
   2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
   3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
   4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
   5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
   6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
   7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
   8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
   9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
   10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.