Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Leeser Tanakh
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 throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time came Chanani the seer to Assa the king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the Lord thy God: therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hands.
Psalms 62:9(62:10) Verily nought are the sons of common men, a lie the sons of the great; they must rise in the balance; they are altogether [lighter] than nought.
Psalms 118:8It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in man.
Isaiah 2:22Withdraw yourselves [then] from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; because, for what is he to be esteemed?
Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit; and the Lord will stretch out his hand, and there shall stumble the helper, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall perish together.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus hath said the Lord, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and placeth on flesh his dependence, while from the Lord his heart departeth.
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 →