Psalm 146

 Praise Yah!*
Praise Yahweh, my soul.
² While I live, I will praise Yahweh.
I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
³ Don’t put your trust in princes,
each a son of man in whom there is no help.
⁴ His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
In that very day, his thoughts perish.
⁵ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in Yahweh, 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.
Yahweh frees the prisoners.
⁸     Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.
Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down.
Yahweh loves the righteous.
⁹ Yahweh preserves the foreigners.
He upholds the fatherless and widow,
but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
¹⁰ Yahweh will reign forever;
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise Jah!*

In Hebrew, the psalm begins and ends with Hallel jah.  The World English Bible translates it literally as “Praise Jah.”

Prayer:

God of glory and power, happy indeed are those who have put their trust in you.  Shine the brightness of your light upon us, that we may love you always with a pure heart and praise you forever; through Your son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Discussion: Compare verses 3-4 with 5-8.  What reasons does the psalmist give for trusting God rather than humans?

How does verse 10, seal the deal in comparison with humans and other gods?