Psalms 146:4
His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.
Geneva Bible 1599
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, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.
5Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
Job 14:10But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
Job 17:1My breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut off, and the graue is readie for me.
Job 27:3Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.
Ecclesiastes 9:6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is done vnder the sunne.
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 →