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Psalm 146 in Hebrew and English

10 verses, about 1 minute to read aloud. The Hebrew has its vowel points and the English stands under each verse.

The text of the psalm

הַלְלוּ־יָהּ הַלְלִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

אֲהַלְלָה יְהוָה בְּחַיָּי אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹהַי בְּעוֹדִֽי׃

I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.

אַל־תִּבְטְחוּ בִנְדִיבִים בְּבֶן־אָדָם שֶׁאֵין לוֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה׃

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

תֵּצֵא רוּחוֹ יָשֻׁב לְאַדְמָתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָבְדוּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; In that very day his thoughts perish.

אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁאֵל יַעֲקֹב בְּעֶזְרוֹ שִׂבְרוֹ עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,

עֹשֶׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם הַשֹּׁמֵר אֱמֶת לְעוֹלָֽם׃

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

עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּט לָעֲשׁוּקִים נֹתֵן לֶחֶם לָרְעֵבִים יְהוָה מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִֽים׃

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

יְהוָה פֹּקֵחַ עִוְרִים יְהוָה זֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים יְהוָה אֹהֵב צַדִּיקִֽים׃

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; The LORD loveth the righteous;

יְהוָה שֹׁמֵר אֶת־גֵּרִים יָתוֹם וְאַלְמָנָה יְעוֹדֵד וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים יְעַוֵּֽת׃

The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; But the way of the wicked He maketh crooked.

יִמְלֹךְ יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם אֱלֹהַיִךְ צִיּוֹן לְדֹר וָדֹר הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃

The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.

The Hebrew is the Leningrad Codex, compared with a second edition letter by letter. The English is the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in the public domain.

Where this psalm is read

  • The fifth of the five books of Psalms
  • Read in the monthly cycle on day 30 of the Hebrew month
  • Read in the weekly cycle on Shabbat
  • Part of the closing psalms of praise
  • 10 verses, 85 words, about 1 minute to read

Psalms that are read with this one

All 150 psalms and today's reading·Prayers by the time they are said

Questions about this psalm

How many verses does Psalm 146 have?

Psalm 146 has 10 verses and 85 words.

On which day is Psalm 146 read in the monthly and weekly cycles?

In the monthly cycle it is read on day 30 of the Hebrew month (in a month of 29 days, on day 29, so the whole book is read every month), and in the weekly cycle on Shabbat.

Whose name is in the heading of Psalm 146?

Psalm 146 has no heading in the Hebrew text. It opens straight into its first verse.

How long does it take to read Psalm 146?

About 1 minute, at a steady pace.