Psalms 146:4
When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.
Leeser Tanakh
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 trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
5[But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Job 14:10But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave is ready for me.
Job 27:3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man to contrition, and sayest, Return ye children of men.
Ecclesiastes 9:6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, are now already lost; and they will have never more a portion in all 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 →