Psalm 146
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
Do not put your trust in princes, [or presidents, or senators, or representatives, or governors, or mayors, or pastors, or priests]
in mortals, [you know, basically everyone] in whom there is no help.
When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.[so much for a legacy]
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, [a personal God, one who cares about who you are and what you are doing]
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed; [you know, like any person or group of people that others attempt to hold down, or not allow in the halls of power, or not have the same rights, or are considered less then, like minorities, or women, or the LGBTQ community, or people of other religions]
who gives food to the hungry. [you know, like hungry people, God wants hungry people to eat, that doesn't sound right, I'm sure he meant the working hungry]
The Lord sets the prisoners free; [those who are in jails, those who are addicted, those who are abused by their parents, or spouses, or the government]
the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. [those who can't see, and those who have 20/20 vision, but still can't see anything but themselves]
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; [those we bully, those we discriminate against, those we, once again, consider less than]
the Lord loves the righteous. [those who actually attempt to be little Christs, which is literally what Christian means]
The Lord watches over the strangers; [those who weren't born in your country but came to it anyway, those from war torn places, those looking for more freedom, those hoping for less persecution, those who left all behind for the sake of their children's future, you know like Syrians, or Muslims, or Mexicans and the like]
he upholds the orphan and the widow, [those who have been abandoned by selfish men and women, those who have lost their families due to war, disease, drugs and alcohol, those whose caregivers are in jail]
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. [that would be all those who do not do as God does, those who do not fight for the oppressed, the prisoner, the blind, the bowed down, the stranger, the widow and the orphan]
The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!
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