{Psa 136, 146-150 ^**}

    ^146:1 Praise Jehovah.

    Praise Jehovah, O my soul. ^146:2 While I live I will praise Jehovah. I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

    ^146:3 Do not put your^* trust in nobles, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. ^146:4 His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. His thoughts perish in that very day.

    ^146:5 He who has the God of Jacob for his help is fortunate, whose hope is in Jehovah his God, ^146:6who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, who keeps truth everlasting, ^146:7 who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah releases the prisoners.

    ^146:8 Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous.

    ^146:9 Jehovah preserves the travelers. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

    ^146:10 Jehovah will reign everlasting, your God, O Zion, to all generations.

    Praise Jehovah.