Psalms 146:3
Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, || For he has no deliverance.
Literal Standard Version
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 praise YHWH during my life, || I sing praise to my God while I exist.
4His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, || In that day his thoughts have perished.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time Hanani the seer has come to Asa king of Judah and says to him, “Because of your leaning on the king of Aram, and you have not leaned on your God YHWH, therefore the force of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
Psalms 62:9Surely vanity the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up || They [are] lighter than a breath.
Psalms 118:8Better to take refuge in YHWH, || Than to trust in man,
Isaiah 2:22Cease yourselves from man, || Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, || For—in what is he esteemed?
Isaiah 31:3And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, || And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, || And YHWH stretches out His hand, || And the helper has stumbled, || And the helped one has fallen, || And together all of them are consumed.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus said YHWH: “Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man, || And has made flesh his arm, || And whose heart turns from YHWH.
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 →