Psalm 146

1. Praise the LORD, who reigns forever!  / O my soul, bring Him your praise.  / I will bless my God and Maker  / And exalt Him all my days.  / Praises to my God I’ll sing;  / While I live, I’ll laud my King.

2. Put no trust in prince or ruler,  / In a man however wise:  / In him is no help or power;  / When his breath departs he dies,  / And his plans that very day  / Waste when he returns to clay.

3. Blest is he who has as helper  / Him who listens to his pleas,  / Jacob’s God, the LORD so faithful;  / He made heav’n and earth, the seas,  / And all creatures of the deep;  / He forever faith shall keep. / W. van der Kamp, 1967; rev.