Psalm 146:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 146:1-4

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 God, that it was enough for him to see that his priests and people did it, but that he needed not to do it himself in his own person. Michal thought it a disparagement to him to dance before the ark; but he was so far from being of this mind that he would himself be first and foremost in the work, Ps. 146:1, 2. He... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 146:3

Put not your trust in princes ,.... Not in foreign princes, in alliances and confederacies with them; nor in any at home. David did not desire his people to put their trust in him, nor in his nobles and courtiers; but in the Lord Christ, who, as he is the object of praise, is also the proper object of trust. Princes, though ever so liberal and bountiful, as their name signifies, and therefore called benefactors, Luke 22:25 or ever so mighty and powerful, wise and prudent, yet are not to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 146:3

Put not your trust in princes - This may refer, as has been stated above, to Cyrus, who had revoked his edict for the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Perhaps they had begun to suppose that they were about to owe their deliverance to the Persian king. God permitted this change in the disposition of the king, to teach them the vanity of confidence in men, and the necessity of trusting in himself. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 146:3

Verse 3 3.Trust not in princes This admonition is appropriately inserted, for one means by which men blind themselves is that of involving their minds through a number of inventions, and being thus prevented from engaging in the praises of God. That God may have the whole praise due to him, David exposes and overthrows those false stays on which we would otherwise be too much disposed to trust. His meaning is, that we should withdraw ourselves from man in general, but he names princes, from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:1-10

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:1-10

Three fulfillments. There are three ways in which these verses (or most of them) have been or are fulfilled. I. IN DIVINE PROVIDENCE . In God's dealing with his people Israel. 1. Israel found, again and again, that it was not in human alliances, but in the living God, that its true help was found ( Psalms 146:3-5 ). Princes and powers proved to be but broken reeds; but while Jehovah was sought and served, everything was secure. 2. Israel in captivity found its true hope... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:1-10

God alone worthy of trust. "Bears evident traces of belonging to the post-Exile literature; and the words of Psalms 146:7-9 are certainly no inapt expression of the feelings which would naturally be called forth at a time immediately subsequent to the return from the Captivity." I. EVEN THE MIGHTIEST OF MANKIND ARE UNWORTHY OF TRUST . 1. They cannot save in our greatest extremities . "In whom is no help." From want of ability and often from want of wilt. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:3

Put not your trust in princes (comp. Psalms 118:10 ). Israel was always apt to trust in bureau rather than Divine help. Now it was Egypt ( Isaiah 30:2 ; Isaiah 36:6 ), now Assyria ( 2 Kings 16:7 ), now their own kings or nobles. At the time of the return from the Captivity, too much was expected from Zerubbabel and the other "princes." Nor in the son of man. The Prayer-book paraphrase, "nor in any child of man," brings out the sense. Confidence in human aid of whatever kind is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:3

The vanity of human trusts. "Rely not even on pious princes, they are but men, and many princes will be arrayed against you; but trust God. This sentiment was naturally awakened by the circumstances of the period of return from the Captivity, to which these psalms belong." "This psalm was evidently composed for a time of great national depression, when the community, sick of dependence on the favor of foreign princes, turned more and more to the thought of the eternal righteousness and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 146:3

Put not your trust in princes - Rely on God rather than on man, however exalted he may be. There is a work of protection and salvation which no man, however exalted he may be, can perform for you; a work which God alone, who is the Maker of all things, and who never dies, can accomplish. See the notes at Psalms 118:8-9. Compare also the notes at Isaiah 2:22 : “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for wherein is he to be accounted of?”Nor in the son of man - Any son of man; any... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 146:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 146:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 146:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 146:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 146:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 146:3

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