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Psalms 145

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1Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggæus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.
1(146) Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord.
2While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
2While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.
3Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.
4His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.
4His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish.
5Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
5Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:
6who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever:
7who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:
7who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:
8the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;
8the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;
9he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.
9he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.
10The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Sion, to all generations.
10The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] your God, O Sion, to all generations.