Psalms 146:3
He heals the broken in heart, 1 And binds up their wounds. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; 1 And he will gather together the dispersed of Israel. 1
4He numbers the multitudes of stars; 1 And calls them all by names. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time came Hanani the prophet to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because thou didst trust on the king of Syria, and didst not trust on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of thy hand.
Psalms 62:9My soul has kept very close behind thee: 1 Thy right hand has upheld me. 1
Psalms 118:8I will keep thine ordinances: 1 O forsake me not greatly. 1
Isaiah 31:3even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help in them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.
Jeremiah 17:5Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.
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 →