Psalms 146:3 · KJV
“Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}”
— Psalms 146:3
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms 146 — Context
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. {Praise ye...: Heb. Hallelujah}
2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5Happy {is he} that {hath} the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope {is} in the LORD his God:
Cross References
Psalms 118:8-9
{It is} better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
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.
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. {altogether: or, alike}
Psalms 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain {is} the help of man. {help of man: Heb. salvation, etc}
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.