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Psalms 146:3 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help. "
Psalms 146:3
Verse in Context
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1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.
2 While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
3 Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,
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Psalms 146:1
"Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul."
Psalms 146:2
"While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist."
Psalms 146:4
"His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish."
Psalms 146:5
"Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,"
Psalms 146:6
"who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;"
Psalms 146:7
"who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners."
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