Psalms 146:4

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 ; ECCLESIASTES 12:7 ), IN THAT VERY DAY HIS THOUGHTS PERISH. The Chaldaic translates, 'his machinations perish.' The perishing nature of the class of beings to which princes belong shows how little "trust" is to be placed in them (Psalms 146:3). However elated be their thoughts now, these shall all soon come to nothing ...

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 the earth to the children of men, but there is great striving about it. Yet, after a while, no part of the earth will be their own, except that in which their dead bodies are laid. And when man returns to his earth, in that very day all his plans and designs vanish and are gone: what then comes of expectations from him?...

Verse Psalms 146:4. _HIS BREATH GOETH FORTH_] His existence depends merely, under God, on the _air_ he breathes. When he ceases to _respire_ he ceases to _live_; his body from that moment begins to claim its affinity to the earth; and all his thoughts, purposes, and projects, whether good or evil, come to nought and _perish_. He, then, who has no other dependence, must necessarily be _miserable_....

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 dust - is “his” - (a) It is his, as that from which he was made: he turns back to what he was. Genesis 3:19 : “dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” (b) The earth - the dust - the grave is his, as it is his home - the place where he will abide. (c) It is his, as it is the only property which he has in reversion. All that a man - a prince, a nobleman, a mon

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 generally considered that the Septuagint title of the majority—Ἀγγαίου καὶ Ζεχαρίου—embodies a true tradition, and that they are the "Songs of the Return from the Captivity," added to the Psalter by the Prophets Haggai and Zechariah. They form a portion of the daily morning service of the Jews. Psalms 146:1, praises God as the only true Helper. Metrically, it fails into two portions—a short opening strophe of four verses (Psalms 146:1), and a second longer strophe of six verses (Psalms 146:5

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 forth, and returns no more till the resurrection: the breath which the Lord breathed into man, and which is in his nostrils while he lives, and is very precarious. And when it is taken away, he dies, and HE RETURNETH TO HIS EARTH; from whence he was taken, and of which he was made; upon which he lived, where he dwelt, and in which he took delight and pleasure, minding earth and earthly things, and which is now all he has; who, though he may have had many large estates and possessions, nay, have ruled over many kingdoms and countries, yet his property of earth is now no more than the length and breadth of a grave; he returns to earth as soon as he dies, becoming a lump of clay; and particularly w...

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 lasses», and Hallelujah I know not what. The Jews will not even pronounce the word Jah, or write it; it seems a great pity that it should be thus draggled in the dirt by Gentiles. «Praise ye the Lord.» Whenever you make use of the word Hallelujah, let it be with the due reverence which should be given to that blessed name, for remember «the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.» Psalms 146:1. _Praise the LORD, O my soul._ Whatever we exhort others to do, we should be ready to do ourselves; yea, our own soul should praise the Lord most of all, since, i

PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Psalms begins and ends with a hallelujah; there are ten hallelujahs. First is a hallelujah which celebrates Himself, He who is the God of Jacob. Precious vision of Him who delights to call Himself “the God of Jacob,” the God who loves the sinner and has redeemed His people. Who is He? The Creator of all, by whom and for whom all things were made (Psalms 146:6). The Lord of judgment and redemption; the Lord who looseth the prisoners, openeth the eyes of the blind, raiseth them that are bowed down--and He will reign for ever. Hallelujah. Psalms 147:1 is the hallelujah for what He has done for Hi

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 theme of the Ps. is much the same as that of Psalms 105. It is vain to trust man and a blessed thing to trust in God, who made the heaven and the earth, who protects those who love Him and relieves the desolate and oppressed....

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 taken from this Psalm? BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Not the same word as in Psalms 150:6. RETURNETH. See Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19, and compare Ecclesiastes 12:7. Ecc 104:29. EARTH. ground, or dust. Hebrew. _'adamah._ Not. _erez_. the Earth. THOUGHTS. purposes, or plans....