Psalms 146:4
Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
In Context
3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.
Job 14:10But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he?
Job 17:1My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.
Job 27:3As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,
Psalms 90:3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy are all perished, neither have they any part in this world, and in the work that 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 →