Psalm 146

Easy-to-Read Version

146 Praise the Lord!
    My soul, praise the Lord!
²I will praise the Lord all my life.
    I will sing praises to him as long as I live.
³Don’t depend on your leaders for help.
    Don’t depend on people, because they cannot save you.
⁴People die and are buried.
    Then all their plans to help are gone.
⁵It is a great blessing for people to have the God of Jacob to help them.
    They depend on the Lord their God.
⁶He made heaven and earth.
    He made the sea and everything in it.
He can be trusted to do what he says.
⁷He does what is right for those who have been hurt.
    He gives food to the hungry.
The Lord frees people locked up in prison.
⁸    The Lord makes the blind see again.
The Lord helps those who are in trouble.
    The Lord loves those who do right.
⁹The Lord protects strangers in our country.
    He cares for widows and orphans,
    but he destroys the wicked.
¹⁰The Lord will rule forever!
    Zion, your God will rule forever and ever!