Psalm 146
Translated from the Hebrew of the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Tap a verse to see why it reads as it does. Tap a small letter to read its footnote.
Trust the God of Jacob, not rulers
1Praise the LORD! My soul, praise the LORD! 2All my life I will praise the LORD; as long as I exist I will make music for my God. 3Do not rely on rulers, on mere mortals, who have no power to rescue. 4Their breath leaves them and they go back to the soil they came from; that same day all they had planned is gone. 5How blessed are those who have the God of Jacob to help them, whose hope rests on the LORD their God! 6who made heaven and earth and the sea with all they contain, who remains true forever, 7who brings justice to the oppressed and provides bread for the hungry. The LORD releases the prisoners; 8The LORD makes the blind see; the LORD raises up those bent low; the LORD loves people who are righteous; 9The LORD protects the foreigners living in the land; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but he overturns the way of the wicked. 10The LORD will rule as King forever; Zion, your God will reign from one generation to the next. Praise the LORD!