Psalms 146:4
תֵּצֵא רוּחוֹ יָשֻׁב לְאַדְמָתוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָבְדוּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
In Context
3אַל ־ תִּבְטְחוּ בִנְדִיבִים בְּבֶן ־ אָדָם ׀ שֶׁאֵֽין לוֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה ׃
5אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁאֵל יַעֲקֹב בְּעֶזְרוֹ שִׂבְרוֹ עַל ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהָֽיו ׃
Cross References
Genesis 3:19בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם עַד שֽׁוּבְךָ אֶל ־ הָאֲדָמָה כִּי מִמֶּנָּה לֻקָּחְתָּ כִּֽי ־ עָפָר אַתָּה וְאֶל ־ עָפָר תָּשֽׁוּב ׃
Job 14:10וְגֶבֶר יָמוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָשׁ וַיִּגְוַע אָדָם וְאַיּֽוֹ ׃
Job 17:1רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי ׃
Job 27:3כִּֽי ־ כָל ־ עוֹד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלוֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי ׃
Psalms 90:3תָּשֵׁב אֱנוֹשׁ עַד ־ דַּכָּא וַתֹּאמֶר שׁוּבוּ בְנֵי ־ אָדָֽם ׃
Ecclesiastes 9:6גַּם אַהֲבָתָם גַּם ־ שִׂנְאָתָם גַּם ־ קִנְאָתָם כְּבָר אָבָדָה וְחֵלֶק אֵין ־ לָהֶם עוֹד לְעוֹלָם בְּכֹל אֲשֶֽׁר ־ נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
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 →