Tehillim 146

¹Praise Hashem .

Praise Hashem , O my nefesh.

²While I live will I praise Hashem :

I will sing praise unto Elohai while I have any being.

³Put not your trust in princes,

nor in the ben adam, in whom there is no teshuah (salvation) .

⁴His ruach departs, he returneth to his adamah;

in yom hahu his plans come to nothing.

⁵Ashrei is he that hath El Ya'akov for his ezer,

whose hope is in Hashem Elohav:

⁶Oseh Shomayim vaAretz,

the yam,

and all that therein is: HaShomer Emes l'olam (Who keepeth Truth forever) :

⁷Oseh mishpat for the oppressed;

Who giveth lechem to the hungry.

Hashem mattir asurim (sets free the prisoners) :

⁸Hashem openeth the eyes of the ivrim:

Hashem raiseth them that are bowed down:

Hashem loveth the tzaddikim:

⁹Hashem shomer over the gerim;

He relieveth the yatom (fatherless, orphan) and almanah;

but the Derech Resha'im He frustrates.

¹⁰Hashem shall reign l'olam,

even thy G-d, O Tziyon, l'dor vador.

Praise Hashem .