Psalms 146:4
His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
In Context
3Do not ye trust in nobles, in a son of man who hath no deliverance:
5How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God:—
Cross References
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken,—For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Job 14:10Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?
Job 17:1My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me.
Job 27:3All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils,
Psalms 90:3Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
Ecclesiastes 9:6Both their love and their hatred and their envy, already had perished,—and, portion, had they none any longer, unto times age-abiding, in aught that was 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 →