146 1 David declareth his great zeal that he hath to praise God. 3 And teacheth, not to trust in man, but only in God Almighty, 7 Which delivereth the afflicted, 9 Defendeth the strangers, comforteth the fatherless, and the widows, 10 And reigneth forever.
Praise ye the Lord.
1 Praise thou the Lord, O my [a]soul.
2 I will praise the Lord during my life; as long as I have any being, I will sing unto my God.
3 Put not your trust in [b]Princes, nor in the son of man, for there is no help in him.
4 His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth; then his [c]thoughts perish.
5 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Which made [d]heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keepeth his fidelity forever,
7 Which executeth justice [e]for the oppressed, which giveth bread to the hungry; the Lord looseth the prisoners.
8 The Lord giveth sight to the blind: the Lord raiseth up the crooked: the Lord [f]loveth the righteous.
9 The Lord keepeth the [g]strangers: he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but he overthroweth the way of the wicked.
10 The Lord shall [h]reign forever: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Praise ye the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 146:1 He stirreth up himself and all his affections to praise God.
- Psalm 146:3 That God may have the whole praise: wherein he forbiddeth all vain confidence, showing that of nature we are more inclined to put our trust in creatures, than in God the Creator.
- Psalm 146:4 As their vain opinions, whereby they flattered themselves and so imagined wicked enterprises.
- Psalm 146:6 He encourageth the godly to trust only in the Lord, both for that his power is able to deliver them from all danger, and from his promise sake, his will is most ready to do it.
- Psalm 146:7 Whose faith and patience for a while he trieth, but at length he punisheth the adversaries, that he may be known to be judge of the world.
- Psalm 146:8 Though he visit them by affliction, hunger, imprisonment and such like, yet his fatherly love and pity never faileth them, yea, rather to his these are signs of his love.
- Psalm 146:9 Meaning, all them that are destitute of worldly means and succor.
- Psalm 146:10 He assureth the Church that God reigneth forever for the preservation of the same.