Psalm 146, side by side

Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.

Modern

1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Classic

1Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Modern

2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Classic

2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

Modern

3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

Classic

3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Modern

4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Classic

4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Modern

5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Classic

5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Modern

6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

Classic

6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

Modern

7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

Classic

7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

Modern

8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Classic

8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Modern

9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

Classic

9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Modern

10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!

Classic

10The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

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