Psalms 146

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Hallelujah!	1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.
2 Praise the LORD, my soul; I shall praise the LORD all my life, sing praise to my God while I live.	2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3 I Put no trust in princes, in mere mortals powerless to save.	3 He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth; that day all their planning comes to nothing.	4 He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.
5 Happy those whose help is Jacob's God, whose hope is in the LORD, their God,	5 Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
6 The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, Who keeps faith forever,	6 The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
7 secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free;	7 Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.	8 He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men.
9 The LORD protects the stranger, sustains the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked.	9 He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.
10 The LORD shall reign forever, your God, Zion, through all generations! Hallelujah!	10 He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.
	11 The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.