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Psalm 146
New King James Version

### The Happiness of Those Whose Help Is the Lord

146 Praise[a] the Lord!

(A)Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 (B)While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3 (C)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in [b]a son of man, in whom there is no [c]help.
4 (D)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day (E)his plans perish.

5 (F)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 (G)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
7 (H)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
(I)Who gives food to the hungry.
(J)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

8 (K)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
(L)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
9 (M)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
(N)But the way of the wicked He [d]turns upside down.

10 (O)The Lord shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 146:1 Heb. Hallelujah
2. Psalm 146:3 A human being
3. Psalm 146:3 salvation
4. Psalm 146:9 Lit. makes crooked

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 146:1 : Ps. 103:1
2. Psalm 146:2 : Ps. 104:33
3. Psalm 146:3 : [Is. 2:22]
4. Psalm 146:4 : [Eccl. 12:7]
5. Psalm 146:4 : [Ps. 33:10; 1 Cor. 2:6]
6. Psalm 146:5 : Jer. 17:7
7. Psalm 146:6 : Gen. 1:1; Ex. 20:11; Acts 4:24; Rev. 14:7
8. Psalm 146:7 : Ps. 103:6
9. Psalm 146:7 : Ps. 107:9
10. Psalm 146:7 : Ps. 107:10; Is. 61:1
11. Psalm 146:8 : Matt. 9:30; [John 9:7, 32, 33]
12. Psalm 146:8 : Luke 13:13
13. Psalm 146:9 : Deut. 10:18; Ps. 68:5
14. Psalm 146:9 : Ps. 147:6
15. Psalm 146:10 : Ex. 15:18; Ps. 10:16; [Rev. 11:15]

New King James Version (NKJV)

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