“Do not put your trust in princes.....” Psalm 146:3

Psalm 146 1  Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2  While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3  Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. 4  His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.

5  Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6  Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever, 7  Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. 8  The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous. 9  The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. 10  The Lord shall reign forever-- Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!