Psalm 146
1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.
1 Praise the Lord, O my soul: * while I live, will I | praise the | Lord; ||
yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing | praises | 3 unto my | God. ||
2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
2 O put not your trust in princes, nor in any | child of | man; ||
for there | is no | help in | them. ||
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn a- | gain • to his | earth, ||
and then | all his | thoughts | perish. ||
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
4 Blessed is he that hath the God of | Jacob • for his | help, ||
and whose | hope is • in the | Lord his | God: ||
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that | therein | is; ||
who | 3 keepeth his | 3 promise for | ever; ||
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
† 6 Who | helpeth • them to | right ||
that suffer | wrong; * who | 3 feedeth the | hungry. ||
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
7 The Lord looseth men | out of | prison; ||
the | Lord • giveth | sight • to the | blind. ||
8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
8 The Lord helpeth | them • that are | fallen; ||
the | Lord | careth • for the | righteous. ||
9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
9 The Lord careth for the strangers; * he defendeth the | father•less and | widow: ||
as for the way of the ungodly, he | 3 turneth it | upside | down. ||
10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.
10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be | King for • ever- | more, ||
3 and | throughout | all • gener- | ations. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).