Psalms 146:4
Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
In Context
3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
5Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Cross References
Genesis 3:19With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Job 14:10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.
Job 27:3(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
Psalms 90:3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 146:2-5
The Divine Bounty. 1 Praise ye the Lord . Praise the Lord , O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. David is supposed to have penned this psalm; and he was himself a prince, a mighty prince; as such, it might be thought, 1. That he should be exempted from the service of praising… Read the whole commentary →