Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth; he returneth to the dust; In that very day his plans perish.
Noyes 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 the son of man, in whom is no help!
5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help; Whose hope is in the LORD, his God;
Cross References
Job 14:10But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?
Job 17:1My breath is exhausted; My days are at an end; The grave is ready for me.
Job 27:3As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
Psalms 90:3But man thou turnest again to dust, And sayst, “Return, ye children of men!”
Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they a portion any more for ever in any thing which taketh place 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 →