Psalms 146:4
His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, || In that day his thoughts have perished.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
In Context
3Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, || For he has no deliverance.
5O the blessedness of him || Who has the God of Jacob for his help, || His hope [is] on his God YHWH,
Cross References
Genesis 3:19by the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you [are], and to dust you return.”
Job 14:10And a man dies, and becomes weak, || And man expires, and where [is] he?
Job 17:1“My spirit has been destroyed, || My days extinguished—graves [are] for me.
Job 27:3For all the while my breath [is] in me, || And the wind of God in my nostrils.
Psalms 90:3You turn man to a bruised thing, || And say, Return, you sons of men.
Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, has already perished, and they have no more portion for all time in all that has been 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 →