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Psalms146
The psalm opens with a fervent call to praise the LORD, emphasizing a lifelong commitment to glorifying God. It warns against placing trust in mortal princes or any human, as their help is fleeting and their plans perish. Instead, it declares blessedness for those who hope in the God of Jacob, who is the eternal Creator and compassionate provider for the needy and oppressed.
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Call to Praise and Lifelong Commitment
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Praise ye the Lord. Praise thou the Lord, O my soule.
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I will prayse the Lord during my life: as long as I haue any being, I wil sing vnto my God.
The Danger of Trusting Mortals
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Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.
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His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.
The Happiness of Trusting the Creator God
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Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
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Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer:
God's Active Care for the Oppressed
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Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners.
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The Lord giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord rayseth vp the crooked: the Lord loueth the righteous.
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The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse and widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked.
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The Lord shall reigne for euer: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Prayse ye the Lord.
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