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.
Read in contextPsalms 104:29
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 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.”
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextJob 27:3
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Read in contextDaniel 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.
Read in contextPsalms 33:10
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
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