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.

Call to Praise and Lifelong Commitment

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Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.
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I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

The Danger of Trusting Mortals

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Trust not in princes--in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.
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His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

The Happiness of Trusting the Creator God

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O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope is on Jehovah his God,
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Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that is in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

God's Active Care for the Oppressed

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Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
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Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,
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Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
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Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!
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