Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
2I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts 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 Aram, and hast not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Aram escaped out of thy hand.
Psalms 62:9(62-10) Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.
Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!
Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; so when the LORD shall stretch out His hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the LORD: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
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 →