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Psalms 146
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 oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
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!
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Being Blessed Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Blessing: Spiritual, from God Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Blessing: Temporal, from God Psalm 146:5–9
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, / the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever. / He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
Children: God's Care of Psalm 146:9
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Communicating with the Dead Psalm 146:4
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Creation: God to be Praised For Psalm 146:5, 6
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, / the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Creation: Leads to Confidence Psalm 146:5, 6
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, / the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Psalm 146:4
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Democracy Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
Earth: Created by God Psalm 146:6
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
False Confidence in Man Psalm 146:3, 4
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. / When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Foreigners Psalm 146:9
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Funeral Psalm 146:4
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
God: Creator Psalm 146:5, 6
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, / the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
God: Eternity of Psalm 146:10
The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
God: Faithfulness of Psalm 146:6
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
God: Love of Psalm 146:8
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
God: Mercy of Psalm 146:7, 8
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, / the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
God: Preserver Psalm 146:7, 8
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, / the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
God: Providence of Psalm 146:7–9
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, / the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. / The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
God: Sovereign Psalm 146:10
The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
God: Truth Psalm 146:6
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Hallelujah: An, Exclamatory Expression of Praise or Adoration Psalm 146:1, 10
Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul. / The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
Happiness of Saints in This Life is Derived From: God Being Their Help Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
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Psalms 146:1-10 An exhortation to praise God, who, by the gracious and
faithful exercise of His power in goodness to the needy, is alone worthy of implicit trust. PSALM 147
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Psalms 146:1-4 Verses 1-4
If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we shall certainly praise him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect before us, how low do worldly pursuits seem! There is a Son of man in whom there is help, even him who is also the Son of God, who will not fail those that trust in him. But all other sons of men are like the man from whom they sprung, who, being in honour, did not abide. God has given the earth to the children of men, but there is great striving about it. Yet, after a while, no part of the earth will be their own, except that in which their dead bodies are laid. And when man returns to his earth, in that very day all his plans and designs vanish and are gone: what then comes of expectations from him?
Psalms 146:5-10 Verses 5-10
The psalmist encourages us to put confidence in God. We must hope in the providence of God for all we need as to this life, and in the grace of God for that which is to come. The God of heaven became a man that he might become our salvation. Though he died on the cross for our sins, and was laid in the grave, yet his thoughts of love to us did not perish; he rose again to fulfil them. When on earth, his miracles were examples of what he is still doing every day. He grants deliverance to captives bound in the chains of sin and Satan. He opens the eyes of the understanding. He feeds with the bread of life those who hunger for salvation; and he is the constant Friend of the poor in spirit, the helpless: with him poor sinners, that are as fatherless, find mercy; and his kingdom shall continue for ever. Then let sinners flee to him, and believers rejoice in him. And as the Lord shall reign for ever, let us stir up each other to praise his holy name.