Psalm 146. Lauda, anima mea.

1. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul! *
   I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
2. Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *
   for there is no help in them.
3. When they breathe their last, they return to earth, *
   and in that day their thoughts perish.
4. Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! *
   whose hope is in the Lord their God;
5. Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *
   who keeps his promise for ever;
6. Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, *
   and food to those who hunger.
7. The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind; *
   the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
8. The Lord loves the righteous; the Lord cares for the stranger; *
   he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.
9. The Lord shall reign for ever, *
   your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah!