Terrence L Pounds Study Edition · Developing edition · October 20, 2026
Your Terrence L Pounds Study Edition and commentary remain below. WEB Classic already uses Yahweh. External translations retain their published wording.
Psalms 146
1 Praise ye Yah. Praise Yahweh, O my soul.
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Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise Yahweh: I will sing praises unto my Elohim while I have any being.
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While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath El of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh his Elohim:
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Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. Yahweh looseth the prisoners:
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Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
8 Yahweh openeth the eyes of the blind: Yahweh raiseth them that are bowed down: Yahweh loveth the righteous:
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The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
9 Yahweh preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.