PSALM 146 (NIV)
- Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.
- I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
- Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
- When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans to come to nothing.
- Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
- the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them - the Lord, who remains faithful forever.
- He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,
- the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.
- The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
- The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.
