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A wide empty coast in clear morning: sea, pale sand, low hills behind and a great open sky.

Praise

Psalm 146

For anyone tired of putting their hope in the next leader.

10 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

  1. 1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'
  2. 42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
  3. 73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
  4. 90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
  5. 107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last HallelujahPsalm 146

Praise the LORD, O My Soul

Hallelujah!

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

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Close on very old spotted hands resting on the strings of a small wooden lyre.

I will praise the LORD all my life;

I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

An unfinished royal stone water channel on a hillside, cut blocks left in the weeds and a mason's tools rusted beside them.

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.

Put not your trust in princes

Reflect

Reflect

Where have you put a hope that can die: a leader, a job, a person, your own strength? What would change if that hope moved?

A stone cell's heavy wooden door stands open on plain daylight, with no one in the cell.

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,

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.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind

Midday: small stone Jerusalem on its ridge, seen from the south across a dry valley.

The LORD reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Hallelujah!

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A verse to carry with you

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

Psalm 146:3

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