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Text -- Psalms 146:4 (NET)

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146:4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Psa 146:4 - -- As soon as ever he is dead.

As soon as ever he is dead.

Wesley: Psa 146:4 - -- All his designs and endeavours either for himself or for others.

All his designs and endeavours either for himself or for others.

Clarke: Psa 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...

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.

TSK: Psa 146:4 - -- His breath : Psa 104:29; Gen 2:7, Gen 6:17; Job 14:10, Job 17:1, Job 27:3; Dan 5:23 he returneth : Psa 90:3; Gen 3:19; Ecc 12:7 his thoughts : Job 14:...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 146:4 - -- His breath goeth forth - He dies like other people, no matter how exalted he is. See the notes at Isa 2:22. He returneth to his earth - S...

His breath goeth forth - He dies like other people, no matter how exalted he is. See the notes at Isa 2:22.

He returneth to his earth - See the notes at Psa 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. Gen 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.

© It is his, as it is the only property which he has in reversion. All that a man - a prince, a nobleman, a monarch, a millionaire - will soon have will be his grave - his few feet of earth. That will be his by right of possession; by the fact that, for the time being, he will occupy it, and not another man. But that, too, may soon become another man’ s grave, so that even there he is a tenant only for a time; he has no permanent possession even of a grave. How poor is the richest man!

In that very day - The very day - the moment - that he dies.

His thoughts perish - His purposes; his schemes; his plans; his purposes of conquest and ambition; his schemes for becoming rich or great; his plans of building a house, and laying out his grounds, and enjoying life; his design of making a book, or taking a journey, or giving himself to ease and pleasure. Luk 12:19-20 : "and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry; but God said unto him, Thou fool! this night thy soul shall be required of time."Such are all the purposes of men!

Poole: Psa 146:4 - -- He returneth in his body, Ecc 12:7 , to his earth to that earth from which all mankind, princes not excepted, had their original. In that very day...

He returneth in his body, Ecc 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 thoughts perish; all his designs and endeavours, either for himself or for others.

Haydock: Psa 146:4 - -- Stars. Which to man are innumerable. Though some have counted 1022 with Ptolemy, yet the discovery of telescopes has shewn that many more are disce...

Stars. Which to man are innumerable. Though some have counted 1022 with Ptolemy, yet the discovery of telescopes has shewn that many more are discernible, (Calmet) and none would dare at present to fix their number. (Berthier) ---

Cicero (Of. i.) treats this as a thing impossible. See Genesis xv. 5. (Calmet) ---

Ptolemy could only ascertain the number of the more notorious. (Worthington) ---

Kimchi admits 1098 created to shine, besides innumerable others, which have influence over plants, &c. God has the most perfect knowledge of all. They are like his soldiers, whom he knows by name, (Isaias xl. 25.) as the good shepherd does his sheep, John x. 3. (Calmet) ---

We read that Cyrus knew the name of all his officers, (Cyrop. v.) and that Adrian, and Scipio, the Asiatic, could even name all the soldiers in their armies.

Gill: Psa 146:4 - -- 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 ...

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 when he is interred in it, and when by corruption and worms he is turned into it;

in that very day his thoughts perish; in the day, hour, and moment he dies: not that the soul ceases, or ceases to think at death; it is immortal, and dies not; and, as it exists in a separate state after death, it retains all its powers and faculties, and, among the rest, its power of thinking; which it is capable of exercising, and does, as appears from the case of the souls under the altar, Rev 6:9. But the meaning is, that at death all the purposes and designs of men are at an end; all their projects and schemes, which they had formed, and were pursuing, now come to nothing; whether to do good to others, or to aggrandize themselves and families; and therefore such mortal creatures are not to be depended upon, since all their promises may fail; nay, even their good designs may be frustrated; see Job 17:12.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 146:4 Heb “his spirit goes out, it returns to his ground; in that day his plans die.” The singular refers to the representative man mentioned in...

Geneva Bible: Psa 146:4 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 ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 146:1-10 - --1 The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God.3 He exhorts not to trust in man.5 God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be ...

MHCC: Psa 146:1-4 - --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 d...

Matthew Henry: Psa 146:1-4 - -- David is supposed to have penned this psalm; and he was himself a prince, a mighty prince; as such, it might be thought, 1. That he should be exempt...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 146:1-4 - -- Instead of "bless,"as in Psa 103:1; Psa 104:1, the poet of this Psalm says "praise."When he attunes his sole to the praise of God, he puts himself p...

Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150 There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 146:1-10 - --Psalm 146 An anonymous psalmist promised to praise the Lord forever because of His greatness and His gra...

Constable: Psa 146:1-4 - --1. Man's inability to save 146:1-4 146:1-2 The writer vowed to praise God the rest of his life. 146:3-4 He then warned against placing trust in human...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 146 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 146:1, The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God; Psa 146:3, He exhorts not to trust in man; Psa 146:5, God, for his power, justice,...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 146 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT The design of this Psalm is to persuade men to trust in God, and in him alone. The psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God, Psa 146:...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 146 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 146:1-4) Why we should not trust in men. (Psa 146:5-10) Why we should trust in God.

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 146 (Chapter Introduction) This and all the rest of the psalms that follow begin and end with Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's praise into a little compass; for in...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 146 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 146 This psalm is entitled by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, "hallelujah", of Haggai and Zecha...

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