The Bible: Psalms Chapter 146: with Audio and Commentary.

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Psalms Chapter 146

1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.

2 While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God:

6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;

7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

9 The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

10 The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

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Psalms Chapter 146 Guide

We now come to the final psalms of adoration, each one of which opens and closes with the great call to praise. "Hallelujah, praise the Lord."

The theme of this first is that of the sufficiency of God as the Helper of His people. It opens with the personal note of determination to praise (vv. Psalms 146:1-2). As a background the inability of man to help is declared. He is not to be trusted, for "his breath goeth forth." In contrast with this helplessness the strength of Jehovah is celebrated as manifested in creation, and the maintenance of order (v. Psalms 146:6), As exercised on behalf of the needy and the oppressed (vv. Psalms 146:7-9). Notice the descriptions of the people whom Jehovah helps. "The oppressed ... the hungry ... the prisoners ... the blind ... they that are bowed down ... the righteous ... the strangers ... the fatherless and widow."

Then notice how the Divine activity exactly meets the need. "Executeth judgement ... giveth food ... looseth ... openeth the eyes ... raiseth up ... loveth ... preserveth ... upholdeth." In contrast with the vanishing life of princes and sons of men, Jehovah reigns for ever, and is the God of Zion to all generations.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Psalms Chapter 146 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. Why we should not trust in men. -- 1-4)
  2. Why we should trust in God. -- (5-10)

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?

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.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.