146:1
Alleluia! Praise Yahweh, my soul!
146:2
I will praise Yahweh all my life, I will make music to my God as long as I live.
146:3
Do not put your trust in princes, in any child of Adam, who has no power to save.
146:4
When his spirit goes forth he returns to the earth, on that very day all his plans come to nothing.
146:5
How blessed is he who has Jacob's God to help him, his hope is in Yahweh his God,
146:6
who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps faith for ever,
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gives justice to the oppressed, gives food to the hungry; Yahweh sets prisoners free.
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Yahweh gives sight to the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down.
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Yahweh protects the stranger, he sustains the orphan and the widow. Yahweh loves the upright, but he frustrates the wicked.
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Yahweh reigns for ever, your God, Zion, from age to age.
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