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Psalm 146

Psalm 146 “1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; 7 who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free; 8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. 10 The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!”

V.2

While I still can. As long as there is breath in my lungs.

V.3

Psalm 118:9 “9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.”

Isaiah 2:22 “22 Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?”

Jeremiah 17:5 “5 Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.”

Psalm 60:11 “11 Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!”

V.4

Ecclesiastes 12:7 “7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”

V.5

Hope = Hb. Seber

To Test, investigate, inspect, hope and wait.

Romans 12:12 “12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

Romans 15:4 “4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”