Psalm 146
The full text of Psalm 146 in the Trinity Bible Version — clear modern English, translated from the original Hebrew. Free to read.
Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah.)
1 Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
2 I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 Put not your trust in princes,
in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
who keeps faith forever;
7 who executes justice for the oppressed,
who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free;
8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind.
The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;
the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10 The LORD will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the LORD!
Translation notes (2)
- Psalm 146:3a The phrase ben-adam (בֶּן־אָדָם), 'son of man', is a Hebrew idiom for a human being as mortal, standing in parallel with 'princes' to stress that even the powerful share human frailty. The word teshuah, 'salvation', here denotes deliverance or help; no mortal, however exalted, can be its ultimate source.
- Psalm 146:9a The triad gerim, 'sojourners', yatom, 'fatherless', and almanah, 'widow', names the classes placed under special legal protection throughout the Torah (Exodus 22:21-22; Deuteronomy 10:18). The final verb, ye'avvet, literally 'makes crooked', means that the LORD twists the path of the wicked into ruin, inverting the straight way promised to the vulnerable.
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