Psalms 146:5
How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
In Context
4His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.
Cross References
Genesis 32:24And Jacob was left alone,—and there wrestled a man with him, until the uprisings of the dawn.
Exodus 3:6And he said—I, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Psalms 20:8They, have bowed down and fallen, but, we, have arisen, and stand upright.
Psalms 39:7Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.
Psalms 46:8Come! view the doings of Yahweh,—Who hath set desolations in the earth;
Psalms 71:5For, thou, art my hope, My Lord, Yahweh, My confidence from my youthful days:
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 →