Psalms 146:5
O the blessedness of him || Who has the God of Jacob for his help, || His hope [is] on his God YHWH,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
In Context
4His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth, || In that day his thoughts have perished.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24And Jacob is left alone, and One wrestles with him until the ascending of the dawn;
Exodus 3:6He also says, “I [am] the God of your father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob”; and Moses hides his face, for he is afraid to look toward God.
Psalms 20:8They have bowed and have fallen, || And we have risen and station ourselves upright.
Psalms 39:7And now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope—it [is] of You.
Psalms 46:8Come, see the works of YHWH, || Who has done astonishing things in the earth,
Psalms 71:5For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, || My trust from my youth.
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 →