Psalms 146:4
He numbers the multitudes of stars; 1 And calls them all by names. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
In Context
3He heals the broken in heart, 1 And binds up their wounds. 1
5Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; 1 And his understanding is infinite. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.
Job 14:10But a man that has died is utterly gone; 1 And when a mortal has fallen, he is no more. 1
Job 17:1I perish, carried away by the wind, 1 And I seek for burial, and obtain it not. 1
Job 27:3Verily, while my breath is yet in me, 1 And the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils, 1
Psalms 90:3For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, 1 From every troublesome matter. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:6Also their love, and their hatred, 1 And their envy, have now perished; 1 Yea, there is no portion for them anymore forever 1 In all that is done under the sun. 1
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 →