146:1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

146:2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

146:3 Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

146:4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

146:5 How happy is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

146:6 the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

146:7 vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.

146:8 The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly.

• Refer to Luke 13:16 :: Jesus heals the bent over woman
• Refer to Healings
• Refer to Messianic References

146:9 The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

146:10 The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the Lord!