Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Psalms 146:3 in other translations
| BSB | Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. |
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| WEB | Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help. |
| ASV | Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. |
| YLT | Trust not in princes--in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance. |
| DARBY | Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. |
| BBE | Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. |
| Webster | Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. |
What does Psalms 146:3 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 146:1-4
If it is our delight to praise the Lord while we live, we shall certainly praise him to all eternity. With this glorious prospect before us, how low do worldly pursuits seem! There is a Son of man in whom there is help, even him who is also the Son of God, who will not fail those that trust in him. But all other sons of men are like the man from whom they sprung, who, being in honour, did not abide. God has given…
Psalms 146:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 146:3
- Psalms 118:8-9
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.
- Jeremiah 17:5-6
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
- Isaiah 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
- Psalms 108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
- Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
- Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Psalms 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
- Isaiah 37:6
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
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Context
- Psalms 146:2
While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
- Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
- Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms 146:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No confiéis en los príncipes, ni en hijo de hombre, porque no hay en él salud. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ne vous confiez pas dans les principaux, dans un fils d’homme, en qui il n’y a pas de salut. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Vertrauet nicht auf Fürsten, auf einen Menschensohn, bei welchem keine Rettung ist! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui sanat contritos corde, et alligat contritiones eorum; |