“Put Not Your Trust in Princes” Psalm 146 (antiphon: v. 2)
146
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
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!
Glory be to the Father and I to the Son*
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- I ginning,
is now, and will be forever. I Amen.
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O God. You are the strength of all who trust in You, and without Your aid we can do no good thing. Grant us the help of Your grace that we may please You in both will and deed; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen