Psalms 146:3
Trust not in princes — in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
In Context
2I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.
4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:7And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, 'Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.
Psalms 62:9Only — vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.
Psalms 118:8Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,
Isaiah 2:22Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For — in what is he esteemed?
Isaiah 31:3And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus said Jehovah: Cursed [is] the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.
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 →