# Psalm 146 (New King James Version)
The Happiness of Those Whose Help Is the Lord

##### Chapter 146
###### 1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!  

###### 2 While I live I will praise the Lord;  
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

###### 3 Do not put your trust in princes,  
_Nor_ in a son of man, in whom _there is_ no help.  

###### 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;  
In that very day his plans perish.

###### 5 Happy _is he_ who _has_ the God of Jacob for his help,  
Whose hope _is_ in the Lord his God,  

###### 6 Who made heaven and earth,  
The sea, and all that _is_ in them;  
Who keeps truth forever,  

###### 7 Who executes justice for the oppressed,  
Who gives food to the hungry.  
The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

###### 8 The Lord opens _the eyes of_ the blind;  
The Lord raises those who are bowed down;  
The Lord loves the righteous.  

###### 9 The Lord watches over the strangers;  
He relieves the fatherless and widow;  
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

###### 10 The Lord shall reign forever--  
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!