Psalm 146

Melody
  1. Praise the LORD who reigns forever!
    O my soul, bring him your praise.
    I will bless my God and Maker
    and extol him all my days.
    Praises to my God I’ll sing;
    all my life I’ll praise my King.

  2. Put no trust in prince or ruler,
    in a man however wise.
    In him is no help or power;
    when his breath departs, he dies.
    All his plans that very day
    end when he returns to clay.

  3. Blest is he who has as helper
    Jacob’s God and hopes in him;
    he made heaven, earth, and ocean,
    shaping all things found in them.
    In his faithfulness the LORD
    will forever keep his word.

  4. The oppressed will see God’s justice,
    and the captives he sets free;
    he, the LORD, will feed the hungry
    and will make the blind to see.
    He lifts up all those bowed down;
    them he will with mercy crown.

  5. He, the LORD, protects the strangers;
    orphans, widows he sustains.
    He will make the wicked stumble.
    Praise him who forever reigns.
    Zion’s children, sing his laud.
    Hallelujah, praise your God.