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Psalms 146

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBPraise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
    KJVPraise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
  2. 2
    WEBWhile I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
    KJVWhile I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
  3. 3
    WEBDon’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
    KJVPut not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
  4. 4
    WEBHis spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
    KJVHis breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
  5. 5
    WEBHappy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God,
    KJVHappy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
  6. 6
    WEBwho made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
    KJVWhich made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
  7. 7
    WEBwho executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
    KJVWhich executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
  8. 8
    WEBYahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
    KJVThe LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
  9. 9
    WEBYahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
    KJVThe LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
  10. 10
    WEBYahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
    KJVThe LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.