Psalms 146:3

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.

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.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, 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 trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

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  • Jeremiah 17:5–6

    Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 2:22

    Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

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  • Psalms 108:12

    Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

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  • Isaiah 31:3

    Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

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  • Psalms 62:9

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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  • Psalms 60:11

    Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

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  • Isaiah 37:6

    And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

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