Psalm 146:3-4

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 146:3-4

Psalms 146:3-4Put not your trust in princes. Dependence on man forbiddenI. Mankind are naturally disposed to do this. The young depend upon the old, and the old upon the young. The poor depend upon the rich, and the rich upon the poor. The servant depends upon his master, and the master upon the servant. The subject depends upon the ruler, and the ruler upon the subject. The child depends upon its parents, and the parent on the child. Is it strange, therefore, that such creatures as we are, in... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 146:4-5

Psalms 146:4-5His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth.The philosophy of deathThe text refers to--I. The destiny of all.1. A special day--the day of death.2. A striking view of death.3. Man’s last earthly home.4. The cessation of mental activity.II. The peculiar privileges and happiness of a certain description of character.1. Sustained by the God of Jacob.2. Expecting all good in and from God.3. The blessedness of this character. (J. Burns, D. D.)The mortality of human thoughtI. All... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 146:3

Psa 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help. Ver. 3. Put not your trust in princes ] But in God alone; this being a principal piece of his praise; it is a kind of setting the crown on his head. See Judges 9:15 . The word rendered princes signifieth liberal, bountiful ones, ευεργεται , so princes would be accounted; but there is no trusting to them without God, or against him. Nor in the son of man ] The arm of flesh. See Psalms 118:8-9 . In... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 146:4

Psa 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Ver. 4. His breath goeth forth ] It is but in his nostrils at best; every moment ready to puff out; cease from him, therefore, Isa. ii. Man, say the Rabbis, is but a bladder full of air, which can stand on no ground; but, pricked with a pin, it shriveleth to nothing. Man, saith a Father, is nothing else but soul and soil, breath and body; a puff of wind the one, a pile of dust the other, no... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 146:3

Put: Psalms 62:9, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Isaiah 2:22, Isaiah 31:3, Isaiah 37:6, Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:6 help: or, salvation Reciprocal: Genesis 12:13 - and Genesis 48:21 - Behold Deuteronomy 31:3 - thy God 1 Samuel 16:21 - loved him 2 Kings 6:27 - whence 2 Kings 16:7 - and save 2 Chronicles 16:7 - Because Job 4:21 - excellency Job 12:10 - the breath Psalms 2:12 - Blessed Psalms 7:1 - in Psalms 8:4 - son Psalms 52:7 - made Psalms 60:11 - vain Psalms 108:12 - for vain Psalms 144:3 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 146:4

His breath: Psalms 104:29, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 6:17, Job 14:10, Job 17:1, Job 27:3, Daniel 5:23 he returneth: Psalms 90:3, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 12:7 his thoughts: Job 14:21, Job 17:11, Isaiah 2:22, Lamentations 4:20, 1 Corinthians 2:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 48:21 - Behold Job 4:19 - crushed Job 4:21 - excellency Job 12:10 - the breath Psalms 144:3 - or the son Proverbs 11:7 - General Ecclesiastes 9:6 - their love Isaiah 39:2 - was glad Isaiah 51:12 - that thou Jeremiah 2:13 - broken... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 146:4

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.That day — As soon as ever he is dead.Thoughts — All his designs and endeavours either for himself or for others. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 146:3

3. Put not… trust in princes A prince, (Cyrus, Ezra 1:1-4,) and then another, (Darius Hystaspes, Ezra 6:0,) had helped Israel in rebuilding the temple. Yet they were but the servants of a Higher; they were but sons of men, weak and changeful. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 146:4

4. His breath goeth In Hebrew rhetoric the first clause is often a condition. When “his breath,” etc. His thoughts perish, means, not the destruction of the thinking faculty, the mind, but the ruin of his plans. read more

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