Psalm 146 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 146

Praise for God’s Help

1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!(A)
2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God all my life long.(B)

3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.(C)
4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.(D)

5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,(E)
6 who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;(F)
7 who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;(G)
8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.(H)
9 The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.(I)

10 The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!(J)

Cross references

  1. 146.1 : Ps 103.1
  2. 146.2 : Ps 104.33
  3. 146.3 : Ps 118.8; Isa 2.22
  4. 146.4 : Ps 104.29; Eccl 12.7
  5. 146.5 : Ps 71.5; 144.15
  6. 146.6 : Ps 117.2; Acts 14.15
  7. 146.7 : Ps 68.6; 103.6; 107.9
  8. 146.8 : Ps 145.14; Mt 9.30; Jn 9.7
  9. 146.9 : Ex 22.21; Ps 68.5; 147.6
  10. 146.10 : Ex 15.18; Ps 10.16; Rev 11.15