Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
In Context
2I will prayse the Lord during my life: as long as I haue any being, I wil sing vnto my God.
4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that same time Hanani the Seer came to Asa King of Iudah, and saide vnto him, Because thou hast rested vpon the king of Aram, and not rested in the Lord thy God, therefore is the hoste of the King of Aram escaped out of thine hande.
Psalms 62:9Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.
Psalms 118:8It is better to trust in the Lord, then to haue confidence in man.
Isaiah 2:22Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?
Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirite: and when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, the helper shall fall, and hee that is holpen shall fall, and they shall altogether faile.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arme, and withdraweth his heart from the Lord.
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 →