Psalm 146

New International Version

Praise theLord,^(A)my soul.

² I will praise theLordall my life;^(B)
    I will sing praise^(C)to my God as long as I live.^(D)
3 Do not put your trust in princes,^(E)
    in human beings,^(F)who cannot save.
⁴ When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;^(G)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.^(H)
5 Blessed are those^(I)whose help^(J)is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in theLordtheir God.

⁶ He is the Maker of heaven^(K)and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful^(L)forever.
⁷ He upholds^(M)the cause of the oppressed^(N)
    and gives food to the hungry.^(O)
TheLordsets prisoners free,^(P)
8     theLordgives sight^(Q)to the blind,^(R)
theLordlifts up those who are bowed down,^(S)
    theLordloves the righteous.^(T)
9 TheLordwatches over the foreigner^(U)
    and sustains the fatherless^(V)and the widow,^(W)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

¹⁰ TheLordreigns^(X)forever,
    your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise theLord.