←Psalm 146→BSB

In This Chapter 3 people 9 places 6 terms 1 theme 1 resource

People

Jacob (Patriarch) 2 Israel Jeshurun (Israel)

Places

    Key Terms

    Trust 2 Truth (Faithfulness) Truthfulness Love To Love Love (Appreciation)

    Themes

    Wisdom Psalms

    Resources

    Hallelujah Articles

    Praise the LORD, O My Soul

    ⓘ The call to praise (146:1–2) leads into a...

    The call to praise (146:1–2) leads into a warning against folly and false confidence (146:3–4). The psalm concludes with a blessing for all who place their hope in the Lord (146:5–7).
    ⓘ The Psalter ends with five hallelujah psalms, so...

    The Psalter ends with five hallelujah psalms, so named because each begins and ends with Praise the Lord! (Hebrew haleluyah).
    1Hallelujah!†
    Praise the LORD, O my soul.
    2I will praise the LORD all my life;I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
    3Put not your trust in princes,in mortal man, who cannot save.4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground;on that very day his plans perish.
    5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,whose hope is in the LORD his God,6the Maker of heaven and earth,the sea, and everything in them.He remains faithful forever.7He executes justice for the oppressedand gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets the prisoners free,
    ⓘ The fourfold repetition of the name of the...

    The fourfold repetition of the name of the Lord emphasizes that only he heals, unburdens, loves, and protects.
    8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind,the LORD lifts those who are weighed down,the LORD loves the righteous.9The LORD protects foreigners;He sustains the fatherless and the widow,but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
    10The LORD reigns forever,your God, O Zion, for all generations.
    Hallelujah!