New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 146:4
Psalms 146:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
- New International Version (NIV)When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish.
Context of Psalms 146:4
2I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3Do not trust in noblemen, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; On that very day his plans perish. 5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God, 6Who made heaven and earth, The sea and everything that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;
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תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 146:4
- Psalms 104:29You hide Your face, they are terrified; You take away their breath, they perish And return to their dust.
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person.
- Genesis 6:17Now behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
- Job 14:10But a man dies and lies prostrate. A person passes away, and where is he?
- Job 17:1“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
- Job 27:3For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils,
- Daniel 5:23but you have risen up against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine out of them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.
- Psalms 90:3You turn mortals back into dust And say, “Return, you sons of mankind.”
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”
- Ecclesiastes 12:7then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
- Job 14:21His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, and he does not perceive it.
- Job 17:11My days are past, my plans are torn apart, The wishes of my heart.
- Isaiah 2:22Take no account of man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?
- Lamentations 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, “In his shadow We shall live among the nations.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:6Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;
Commentaries on Psalms 146:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4His breath goeth forth - He dies like other people, no matter how exalted he is. See the notes at Isaiah 2:22. He returneth to his earth - See the notes at Psalm 90:3. The earth - the dust - is “his” - (a) It is his, as that from which he was made: he turns back to what he was. Genesis 3:19: “dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” (b) The earth - the dust - the grave is his, as it is his home - the place where he will abide. (c) It is his, as it…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
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4his thoughts Heb. עשתונותיו his thoughts.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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