Psalms 146 (ASV)

Chapter Text

146:1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

146:2 While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

146:3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

146:6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;

146:7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

146:8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

146:9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

146:10 Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah. Psalm 147

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "praise", "jehovah", "soul", and "live". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "praise" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local ASV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "praise" and "jehovah" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "praise" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.