146:3 Do not trust in princes,
or in human beings, who cannot deliver! 1
146:4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground;
on that day their plans die. 2
[146:3] 1 tn Heb “in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.”
[146:4] 2 tn 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 v. 3b.
