The Concluding Hallel—Pss 146–150
Psalm 146
Trust in God, Creator and Redeemer
1 Alleluia.
Praise the Lord, O my soul.
2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God throughout my life.
3 Do not place your trust in princes,
in mortal men who have no power to save.
4 When the spirit departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day all their plans come to naught.
5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord, his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them—
the one who keeps faith forever.
7 He grants justice to the oppressed
and gives bread to the hungry.
The Lord releases prisoners
8 and opens the eyes of those who cannot see.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the stranger
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he blocks the way of the wicked.
10 The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Alleluia.
Footnotes
- Psalm 146:1
- Psalm 146:1
- Psalm 146:1
- Psalm 146:1
- Psalm 146:2
- Psalm 146:4
- Psalm 146:5
- Psalm 146:5
- Psalm 146:6
- Psalm 146:7
- Psalm 146:8
- Psalm 146:9
- Psalm 146:10
