Psalms 146:5
Happy those whose help is the God of Jacob: whose hope is set on the Lord their God,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
In Context
4When their breath goes out, they go back to the dust: on that very day their purposes perish.
6the Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them. He remains eternally loyal.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24Jacob was left alone, and someone wrestled with him until daybreak.
Psalms 20:8They will totter and fall, while we rise and stand firm.
Psalms 39:7And now, what wait I for, Lord? My hope is in you.
Psalms 46:8Come and see what the Lord has done, working appallingly in the earth.
Psalms 71:5For you, Lord, are my hope, in whom from my youth I have trusted.
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 →