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         <div class="label">146</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Psalm 146</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn Psalm 146. The psalmist urges his audience not to trust in men, but in the Lord, the just king of the world who cares for the needy.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> Praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.146.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, O my soul!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> I will praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as long as I live!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.146.2"><span class="content">I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> Do not trust in princes,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.146.3"><span class="content">or in human beings, who cannot deliver!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> Their life&#8217;s breath departs, they return to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.146.4"><span class="content">on that day their plans die.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.&#8221; The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in v. 3b.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.146.5"><span class="content">whose hope is in the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> the one who made heaven and earth,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">the sea, and all that is in them,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.146.6"><span class="content">who remains forever faithful,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the one who guards faithfulness forever.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> vindicates the oppressed,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;executes justice for the oppressed.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">and gives food to the hungry.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.146.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> releases the imprisoned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives sight to the blind.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lifts up all who are bent over.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Perhaps &#8220;discouraged&#8221; (see Ps 57:6).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.146.8"><span class="content">The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loves the godly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> protects those residing outside their native land;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">he lifts up the fatherless and the widow,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn God is depicted here as a just ruler. In the ancient Near Eastern world a king was responsible for promoting justice, including caring for the weak and vulnerable, epitomized by resident aliens, the fatherless, and widows.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.146.9"><span class="content">but he opposes the wicked.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;he makes the way of the wicked twisted.&#8221; The &#8220;way of the wicked&#8221; probably refers to their course of life (see Prov 4:19; Jer 12:1). God makes their path tortuous in the sense that he makes them pay the harmful consequences of their actions.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rules forever,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;for a generation and a generation.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.146.10"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div>
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Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live!
I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!
Do not trust in princes,
or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground;
on that day their plans die.
How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God,
the one who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
who remains forever faithful,
vindicates the oppressed,
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD releases the imprisoned.
The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD lifts up all who are bent over.
The LORD loves the godly.
The LORD protects those residing outside their native land;
he lifts up the fatherless and the widow,
but he opposes the wicked.
The LORD rules forever,
your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come!
Praise the LORD!

සවන් දෙන්න Psalms 146