Psalm 146
1Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
3Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.
4When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.
5Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God,
6who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever;
7who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;
8the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.
9The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
10The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord!
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In short, I view this as a beautiful prayer that acknowledges God as:
· the powerful creator of all things,
· the guide we ought to praise and follow, rather than any mortal,
· the purveyor of social justice and champion for the humble and righteous, and
· the Lord whose reign will last forever.
I really like it and don’t think I can add much to it!
Prayer: Hallelujah! Praise to God!!
—Jim Thomson