Psalms 146:3
Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
In Context
2As long as I live will I praise Jehovah; I will sing psalms unto my God while I have my being.
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore has the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
Psalms 62:9Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.
Psalms 118:8It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man;
Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
Isaiah 31:3And the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
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 →