Psalms 146:3

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.

Context of Psalms 146:3

1Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God.

Psalms 146:3 word by word

אַל־תִּבְטְח֥וּ בִנְדִיבִ֑ים בְּבֶן־אָדָ֓ם׀ שֶׁ֤אֵֽין ל֥וֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Put not your trustבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• in princesנָדִיבnâdîyb · nobleH5081
• in the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• no helpתְּשׁוּעָהteshû‛âh teshû‛âh · deliverance: salvationH8668

Cross-references for Psalms 146:3

• Psalms 62:9Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
• Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.
• Isaiah 2:22Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?
• Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together.
• Isaiah 37:6Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
• Jeremiah 17:5This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns 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

Topics related to Psalms 146:3

• False Confidence
• Praise

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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