Psalms 146:4
When their breath goes out, they go back to the dust: on that very day their purposes perish.
Open English Bible (US)
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 mortals, in whom is no help.
5Happy those whose help is the God of Jacob: whose hope is set on the Lord their God,
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat bread, until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return!”
Psalms 90:3You bring us back to the dust, you summon mortals to return.
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 →