Chapter 146

Continuing the Final Hallel, 145-150

1st Stanza, Praises to God

2nd, Don't trust princes, men instead of God, to help you.  When they die, they are gone, and their plans are gone.

2021 - This is the second time we've seen this line about not trusting princes.  The other was in a recent psalm.

3rd, Instead, trust in the God of Jacob, who made all that is, and who keeps faith, executes justice, and feeds the hungry.

4th, He sets prisoners free, restores sight to the blind, and so on.  He is the champion of the downtrodden, and He is the judge and executioner or the warden over those who do evil.

2021 - Here are those verses:

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. [Psa 146:7-8 ESV]

Jesus tells the followers of John to tell John that these things are going on when they are sent from John to find out if Jesus is indeed the Messiah.  As I recall, the exact quote is from Isaiah, but this  looks very very similar.  Would be interesting to compare the two.

5th, The Lord reigns forever.