Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
King James Version
In Context
3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Job 14:10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Job 27:3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Ecclesiastes 9:6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
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 →