Psalms 146:3

1 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

4 When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
KJV
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
WEB
Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
ASV
Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
DARBY
Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
BLB
Do not put your⁺ trust in princes—in a son of man, for in him [is] no deliverance.
ÅB
Sett ikke deres lit til fyrster, til et menneskebarn, hos hvem det ikke er frelse!
OTB
Sett ikke lit til stormenn,
Til dødelige mennesker, der det ikke er frelse.
B1930
Sett ikke eders lit til fyrster, til et menneskebarn, hos hvem det ikke er frelse!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 118:8–9

    It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

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  • Jeremiah 17:5–6

    This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 2:22

    Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

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  • Psalms 108:12

    Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

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  • Isaiah 31:3

    But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

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  • Psalms 62:9

    Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

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  • Psalms 60:11

    Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

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  • Isaiah 37:6

    who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

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