## Psalms Chapter 146

###### Psalms 146:1
[Psalms 146:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:1)

הַֽלְלוּ־יָ֡הּ הַֽלְלִ֥י נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Haleluya! Praise the Lord, O my soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hallelukah! Praise the L rd, O my soul.


###### Psalms 146:2
[Psalms 146:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:2)

אֲהַלְלָ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
While I live I will praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall praise the L rd in my life. I shall sing to the L rd while I yet [live].


###### Psalms 146:3
[Psalms 146:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:3)

אַל־תִּבְטְח֥וּ בִנְדִיבִ֑ים בְּבֶן־אָדָ֓ם**׀** שֶׁ֤אֵ֖ין ל֥וֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Place not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no help.


###### Psalms 146:4
[Psalms 146:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:4)

תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[When] his spirit leaves, he returns to his earth [from which he was taken. And at that time] all of his thoughts are lost.


###### Psalms 146:5
[Psalms 146:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:5)

אַשְׁרֵ֗י שֶׁ֤אֵ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֣ב בְּעֶזְר֑וֹ שִׂ֝בְר֗וֹ עַל־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy is he who has the God of Ya῾aqov for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Happy the man whose help is the G d of Jacob [viz. Genesis 28:15], whose hope is in the L rd, his G d.


###### Psalms 146:6
[Psalms 146:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:6)

עֹשֶׂ֤ה**׀** שָׁ֘מַ֤יִם וָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־הַיָּ֥ם וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֑ם הַשֹּׁמֵ֖ר אֱמֶ֣ת לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is in them: who keeps truth forever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[For He is] the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and all that is therein [(so that He can protect him in all of these elements)], the keeper of truth [(the truth of His assurance)] forever.


###### Psalms 146:7
[Psalms 146:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:7)

עֹשֶׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּ֨ט**׀** לָעֲשׁוּקִ֗ים נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לָרְעֵבִ֑ים יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה מַתִּ֥יר אֲסוּרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who executes judgment for the oppressed: who gives bread to the hungry. The Lord looses the prisoners:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The executor of justice for the despoiled. He gives bread to the hungry. The L rd looses the bound.


###### Psalms 146:8
[Psalms 146:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:8)

יְהֹוָ֤ה**׀** פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ עִוְרִ֗ים יְ֭הֹוָה זֹקֵ֣ף כְּפוּפִ֑ים יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה אֹהֵ֥ב צַדִּיקִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the Lord opens the eyes of the blind: the Lord raises those who are bowed down: the Lord loves the righteous:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd gives sight to the blind. The L rd straightens the bowed. The L rd loves the righteous.


###### Psalms 146:9
[Psalms 146:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:9)

יְהֹוָ֤ה**׀** שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר אֶת־גֵּרִ֗ים יָת֣וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֣ה יְעוֹדֵ֑ד וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יְעַוֵּֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the Lord preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he makes crooked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd keeps the converts. He heartens the orphan and the widow, and He makes crooked the way of the wicked.


###### Psalms 146:10
[Psalms 146:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/146:10)

יִמְלֹ֤ךְ יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** לְעוֹלָ֗ם אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ צִ֭יּוֹן לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹ֗ר הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord shall reign forever, thy God, O Żiyyon, to all generations. Haleluya!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd will reign forever [(He will establish His kingdom with the redemption of His children)], your G d [who dwells in] Zion, through all the generations, Hallelukah!