Psalms 146:4

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

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

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,

6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

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

Compare

BSB
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
KJV
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
WEB
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
ASV
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
DARBY
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
BLB
His spirit goes forth, he returns to his earth; on that day his plans perish.
ÅB
Farer hans ånd ut, så vender han tilbake til sin jord; på den samme dag er det forbi med hans tankes råd.
OTB
Når hans ånd forlater ham, vender han tilbake til jorden;
På den samme dagen går hans planer til grunne.
B1930
Farer hans ånd ut, så vender han tilbake til sin jord; på den samme dag er det forbi med hans tankes råd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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  • Psalms 104:29

    When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

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  • Genesis 2:7

    Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

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  • Genesis 3:19

    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:6

    Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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  • Job 27:3

    as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

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  • Daniel 5:23

    Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

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  • Psalms 33:10

    The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

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