146:1

הַלְלוּ־יָהּ הַלְלִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה׃

Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

146:2

אֲהַלְלָה יְהוָה בְּחַיָּי אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹהַי בְּעוֹדִי׃

I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.

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146:3

אַל־תִּבְטְחוּ בִנְדִיבִים בְּבֶן־אָדָם שֶׁאֵין לוֹ תְשׁוּעָה׃

Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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146:4

תֵּצֵא רוּחוֹ יָשֻׁב לְאַדְמָתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָבְדוּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָיו׃

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; In that very day his thoughts perish.

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146:5

אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁאֵל יַעֲקֹב בְּעֶזְרוֹ שִׂבְרוֹ עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו׃

Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,

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146:6

עֹשֶׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם הַשֹּׁמֵר אֱמֶת לְעוֹלָם׃

Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;

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146:7

עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּט לָעֲשׁוּקִים נֹתֵן לֶחֶם לָרְעֵבִים יְהוָה מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים׃

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

146:8

יְהוָה פֹּקֵחַ עִוְרִים יְהוָה זֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים יְהוָה אֹהֵב צַדִּיקִים׃

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; The LORD loveth the righteous;

146:9

יְהוָה שֹׁמֵר אֶת־גֵּרִים יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה יְעוֹדֵד וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים יְעַוֵּת׃

The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; But the way of the wicked He maketh crooked.

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146:10

יִמְלֹךְ יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם אֱלֹהַיִךְ צִיּוֹן לְדֹר וָדֹר הַלְלוּ־יָהּ׃

The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.

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