Psalms 146:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. ”

Psalms 146:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His 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 Psalms 90:3 . The earth - the du...
Psalms 146:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his (c) thoughts perish. (c) As their vain opinions, by which they flattered themselves and so imagined wicked enterprises.
Psalms 146:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLVI. This Ps., like the remaining Pss. to the end of the Psalter, begins and closes with the word Hallelujah (Praise Yah). These Pss. may originally have formed a collection by themselves. The th...
Psalms 146:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

His breath, &c. This verse occurs in the Apocrypha (1 Mace. Psa 2:63); but why is it assumed that this verse is taken from the Book of Maccabees, instead of this verse in Maccabees being take...
Psalms 146:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. His breath goeth forth - His existence depends merely, under God, on the air he breathes. When he ceases to re...
Psalms 146:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

His thoughts perish— His projects perish. Mudge. "All the designs which he had formed in favour of his dependants are frustrated and disappointed."
Psalms 146:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth (from Psalms 104:29 : cf. Genesis 3:19 ; Eccl...
Psalms 146:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Here begins the final group, Psalms 146-150, known as the 'Hallelujah' Pss., because each begins and ends with that word, meaning, 'Praise ye the Lord.' They sum up the joy of the returned exiles, an...
Psalms 146:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Princes — The thought of Psalms 118:8-9 is here elaborated, with distinct allusion to Genesis 2:7 ; Genesis 3:19 (Comp. 1Ma. 2:63.) The verse, no doubt, was in Shakespeare’s mind when he made...
Psalms 146:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 146:1-10 THE long-drawn music of the Psalter closes with five Hallelujah psalms, in which, with constantly swelling diapason, all themes of praise are pealed forth, until the melodious thun...
Psalms 146:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord Loveth the Righteous Psalms 146:1-10 This and the four following psalms are the “Hallelujah” Psalms. Each begins with that word. They were probably composed for use in the second Templ...
Psalms 146:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the final psalms of adoration, each one of which opens and closes with the great call to praise. “Hallelujah, praise the Lord.” The theme of this first is that of the sufficiency of G...
Psalms 146:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In order to heighten the subject, the Psalmist draws a comparative statement between the eternal, unfading, unchanging existence of Jehovah; and the momentary, perishing, and fluctuating condition of...
Psalms 146:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His breath goeth forth ,.... That is, the breath of a son of man, of any and everyone of the princes; it goes forth continually, and is drawn in again as long as a man lives; but at death it goes fo...
Psalms 146:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Ver. 4. His breath goeth forth ] It is but in his nostrils at best; every moment ready to puff out; cease f...
Psalms 146:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Put not your trust in princes However great their wealth or power may be; nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help “Earthly princes, if they have the will, often want the power, even to pr...
Psalms 146:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Bounty. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Praise the L ORD , O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the L ORD : I w...
Psalms 146:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He returneth, in his body, Ecclesiastes 12:7 , to his earth; to that earth from which all mankind, princes not excepted, had their original. In that very day, as soon as ever he is dead, his...
Psalms 146:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION In the Hebrew this Psalm has no superscription. The Septuagint has the superscription, “Hallelujah. Of Haggai and Zechariah;” and is followed in this respect by the Vulgate and the Syri...
Psalms 146:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 146:4 I. On the "day" that is here referred to, when man's "breath goeth forth, and he returneth to the earth," the most affecting aspect in which you can look at him is that which is here...
Psalms 146:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 146:1 . Praise ye the LORD. Or, «Hallelujah.» I am sorry to see that great word, Hallelujah, Hallelu-Jah, praise to Jah, Jehovah, become so hackneyed as it is, by talk about «Hallelujah la...
Psalms 146:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This, and the two following, are called the Hallelujah psalms of Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, being composed after the captivity. Psalms 146:10 . The Lord shall reign for ever; even thy G...
Psalms 146:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Praise ye the Lord. Hallelujah I. The grandest resolution (verses 1, 2). 1. The author’s belief in the existence of his soul. When this conviction comes, the whole universe is transfigured,...
Psalms 146:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE psalter ends with a cluster of "Hallelujah Psalms," five in number, all of them both beginning and ending with the phrase. In the Hebrew none of them has any" title;" but it is...
Psalms 146:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Hallelujah to the True Helper. This psalm, whose author is not known, is the first of the five Hallelujah Psalms with which the psalter closes, an invitation to praise the Lord for the merciful...
Psalms 146:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:6 ; Daniel 5:23 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Genesis 2:7 ; Genesis 3:19 ; Genesis 6:17 ; Isaiah 2:22 ; Job 14:10 ; Job 14:21 ; Job 17:1 ; Job 17:11 ; Job 27:3 ; Lamentations 4:2...
Psalms 146:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That day — As soon as ever he is dead. Thoughts — All his designs and endeavours either for himself or for others.

Psalms 146:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 146:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 146:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 146:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 146:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 146:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 146:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 146:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 146:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 146:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 146:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 146:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 146:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 146:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 146:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 146:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 146:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes