King James Version
Psalms 146:3 in the King James Version says “Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. help: or, salvation” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 146 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. help: or, salvation”
Psalms 146:3 · KJV
Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye: Heb. Hallelujah
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Put not your trust”
H982properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as h2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
“in princes”
H5081properly, voluntary, i.e., generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
“nor in the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“in whom there is no help”
H8668rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
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