Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 146:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”
Psalms 146:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Happy {is he} that {hath} the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope {is} in the LORD his God:
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein {is}: which keepeth truth for ever:
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