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Psalms 146:3
3Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Psalms 146:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
Context of Psalms 146:3
1Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God as long as I live. Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help). 4When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts and plans perish. 5How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel), Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Read all of Psalms 146Psalms 146:3 word by word
אַל־תִּבְטְח֥וּ בִנְדִיבִ֑ים בְּבֶן־אָדָ֓ם׀ שֶׁ֤אֵֽין ל֥וֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 146:3
- Psalms 62:9Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion). In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value]; They are together lighter than a breath.
- Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in man.
- Isaiah 2:22Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time]; For why should he be esteemed?
- Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men and not God, And their horses are flesh and not spirit; And the Lord will stretch out His hand, And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble, And he (Judah) who is helped will fall, And all of them will perish together.
- Isaiah 37:6Isaiah said to them, “You shall say the following to your master: ‘This is what the Lord says, “Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 146:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Put not your trust in princes - Rely on God rather than on man, however exalted he may be. There is a work of protection and salvation which no man, however exalted he may be, can perform for you; a work which God alone, who is the Maker of all things, and who never dies, can accomplish. See the notes at Psalm 118:8-9. Compare also the notes at Isaiah 2:22: “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for wherein is he to be accounted of?” Nor in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The call to praise (Psalm 146:1–2) leads to a warning against foolishness and false confidence (146:3–4). The psalm ends with a blessing for everyone who places their hope in the Lord (Psalm 146:5–7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 146
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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