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    and opens the eyes of those who cannot see.[a]
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the stranger
    and sustains the fatherless and the widow,[b]
    but he blocks the way of the wicked.
10 The Lord will reign forever,[c]
    your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Alleluia.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 146:8 Opens the eyes of those who cannot see: see Isa 35:5; Bar 6:36; Mt 9:30; Jn 9:1ff; Acts 26:18. Lifts up those . . . bowed down: see Ps 145:14; Lk 13:12.
  2. Psalm 146:9 Watches over the stranger . . . the fatherless and the widow: see Ps 68:6; Ex 22:21. Blocks the way of the wicked: see Pss 11:6; 147:6; Job 5:12.
  3. Psalm 146:10 The Lord is the Great King who has promised to dwell with his people and to deliver them (see Pss 29:10; 132:13-15; Ex 15:17). The Lord will reign forever: see Ps 145:13; Ex 15:18.

    the Lord gives sight(A) to the blind,(B)
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,(C)
    the Lord loves the righteous.(D)
The Lord watches over the foreigner(E)
    and sustains the fatherless(F) and the widow,(G)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10 The Lord reigns(H) forever,
    your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.

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