In Whom Do We Trust?

As we have learned all summer, the Psalms belong to the community of faith.

They are communal hymns.

And so I invite you to join us in the reading of Psalm 146.

Together we say, Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

I will praise the Lord as long as I live.

I will sing praises to my God all my life long.

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals in whom there is no help.

When their breath departs, they return to the earth.

On that very day, their plans perish.

Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever, who executes justice for the oppressed who gives food to the hungry.

Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

I

will praise the Lord as long as I live.

I

will

sing praises to my God

all my life long.

The Lord sets the prisoners free.

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.

The Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the strangers.

He upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

I will sing as long as I live.

I will sing praises to my God all my life long.

Friends, this is the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.