Psalms 146:4
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
In Context
3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
Job 27:3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Psalms 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is 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 →